Dili – Authorities from Timor Leste have expressed gratitude for collaboration in several fronts and the humanitarian labour of Cuban physicians and teachers in this small south Asian country.

At the act to open the hospital located in the Oeccusse enclave, Jorge Male, Secretary of State for that region, and Health Minister Doctor Nelson Martins, expressed this nations thanks for the unconditional Cuban support in this sector.

Male stressed the Latin American country's support in the independentist struggles, the UN and other international forums, to highlight a new, cooperative and humane expression in medical and educational collaboration.

Moreover, Martin praised the importance of that health care to prevent and eradicate diseases affecting the people of Timor Leste.

European Union (EU) ambassador to Dili Juan Carlos Reis also gave special recognition to the Cuban physicians' labor in this country.

Turned into an institution for consultations, the construction of the hospital was financed by the EU at $3 million.

The ceremony was also presided over by Havana ambassador to this capital Ramon Hernandez Vazquez and Doctor Alberto Felipe Rignak Diaz, coordinator of the Cuban medical brigade. (nm/iff/sus/mf)