Havana – East Timor's Education minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas underscored Cuba's cooperation with his country in the fields of education and healthcare.

Cuba's cooperation is very beneficial, said the Timorese official in statements to PL news agency. Dos Santos is participating at the World Meeting on Education for All, hosted by the UN Education, Science and Culture Organization, in Paris, France.

The Cuban government has granted one thousand medical scholarships to Timorese students since 2004, while Cuban doctors are currently working in remote areas of that South-eastern Asian country.

East Timor, with 1.1 million people, is implementing the Cuban literacy methodology known as Yes, I Can and expects to get rid of illiteracy in 2013.

The UNESCO World Meeting, which is considering the pace of efforts to achieve Education for All in 2015, will conclude on Friday following three days of sessions. (ACN)