Health Minister Dr. Faisal Bin Yaqoub Al-Hamar received on Friday Cuban Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Marta Lomas and her accompanying delegation, currently on an official visit to the Kingdom. Al-Hamar hailed the existing Bahraini-Cuban ties and Cuba's notable development in the health and medical field which employs a total of 70 thousand physicians and specialists. Al-Hamar expressed the health ministry's willingness to bolster cooperation with Cuba and benefit from its expertise in the health field and rare specialties. He also expressed desire to meet his Cuban counterpart on the sidelines of the 61st World Health Assembly meetings, due in Geneva next May.