[NYTr] Cuba and China Sign New Education Coop'n Accord
 
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:30:51 -0500 (CDT)

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Cuba and China Sign New Cooperation Accord

Havana, Oct 16 (acn) A new cooperation accord in the field of education 
was signed by Cuba and China on Tuesday, in Havana.

China's Deputy Education Minister Zhao Qinping, who is currently 
visiting the island, said he is satisfied with the terms of the accord, 
which is an extension of a 2004 protocol for the period 2008-2011. The 
cooperation action includes the setting up of a center to teach Chinese 
language in Cuba.

"The Confucio Institute, as it will be called, will allow others to 
learn our language and it will also encourage the exchange between our 
two peoples", said Zhao Qinping on conversations with his Cuban 
counterpart, Luis Ignacio Gomez.

Qinping praised the idea conceived by Cuban President Fidel Castro of 
having Chinese people learn Spanish in Cuba. Gomez on his part 
expressed his willingness to have Chinese students graduate from Cuban 
pedagogical schools as well.
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