HAVANA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. government health official attended an Ebola meeting in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday, signalling the two nations' desire to cooperate in a fight against the deadly epidemic.
At the meeting on the region's response, Nelson Arboleda, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Central America, underscored the importance of regional cooperation.
"We know the disease, we know how to stop the cycle of transmission and what to do, we just have to work to implement our (joint) efforts," said Arboleda, Cuba's state daily Granma reported.
Arboleda also "acknowledged ... Cuba's contribution to the fight against the Ebola virus," Cuba's National Information Agency (AIN) said.
Cuba sent more than 200 doctors and healthcare workers to West Africa immediately following a call for international aid from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Caribbean nation, in conjunction with Venezuela, also organized the two-day meeting, which began Tuesday, to coordinate measures to prevent the spread of the fatal disease.
Arboleda "thanked the Cuban government for calling on regional nations to coordinate strategies to fight the scourge."
Fidel Castro, former Cuban President, said that "we will cooperate with pleasure with the U.S. staff in that task (fighting against Ebola)" in an article "The Time of Duty" published earlier this month.
Cuba is willing to cooperate with Washington "not only in search for peace between the two states, which are adversaries for many years, but also for the peace of the world, a must-be and possible target," he said.
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