http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen seeks sport cooperation with Cuba [The Source: Sanaa/Saba News/Hadhramaut.info - 26/11/2006] SANA'A, Nov. 26(Saba)- Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Rahman al-Akwadiscussed with the visiting Cuban deputy Minister of Foreign Investmentand Economic Cooperation cooperation aspects between the two countriesin the field of youth and sports. The meeting discussed sport medicine and means to step them ahead within the framework of the Yemeni-Cuban Joint Ministerial Committee, which isholding its 18th round in Sana'a. Throughout the meeting, both sides reviewed sport infrastructure in the two countries in addition to how to get benefit from the Cuban experiencein a number of sport games by dispatching Cuban cadres to train in Yemen. Al-Akwa affirmed Yemen's interest in and support for youth and sports,noting that approximately 70 percent of the Yemeni population is categorized in the youth and teenagers sector, which implies the necessity to providesuitable sportive environment for this generation. Dias, on the other hand, assured his country's readiness to broaden sport cooperation horizons with Yemen to properly reflect the distinct Yemeni-Cubanmutual bonds in all domains, inviting al-Akwa to visit Cuba to have anidea about the Cuban sports expertise. The meeting ended up with a number of agreed upon points to be put within the agreement which would be signed between both countries at the endof the current ministerial committee.