President John Kufuor on Tuesday commended the Cuban medical officers who were determined to work in the remote areas of Ghana to improve on health care delivery.

He said the Cuban government had in the past offered more than 1,000 scholarships to Ghanaians to study in Cuban Universities. President Kufuor made the commendation when receiving the Letters of Credence of the Cuban Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Lucas Domingo Hernandez Polledo at the Castle, Osu.

He called on the new Ambassador to endeavour to put the cordial relationship that had existed between Ghana and Cuba on a higher pedestal. Polledo said Cuba was prepared to assist Ghana in the agricultural sector especially the production of sugar cane for processing into sugar.

He appealed to President Kufuor to honour an invitation from the Cuban President Fidel Castro to visit Cuba to acquaint himself with the socio-economic development of the country.