[CubaNews] RADIO AUSTRALIA: Cuba promises Cook Islands scholarships

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA
Cuba promises Cook Islands scholarships

Updated October 3, 2008 15:31:42

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Cuba's Pacific Ambassador Jose Garcia has promised his country can provide scholarships for Cook Islanders, especially in the areas of medicine.

The Cook Island News reports Mr Garcia is on a five-day visit to Rarotonga and will meet with the deputy prime minister and minister of health Sir Terepai Maoate today to give him more information about the scholarships his government can offer.

Mr Garcia says Cuba has a large health training system with many schools and universities and currently offering around 400 scholarships a year to South Pacific countries.

So far island nations like Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, and the Solomon Islands have taken up the offer of scholarships.

Diplomatic relations with Cuba were established in 2002 but this is the first visit of an ambassador.

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     WALTER LIPPMANN
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