BUENOS AIRES, Sept 7 (AFP) - Diego Maradona's drug rehabilitation centre in Cuba is known for its discipline and is completely inaccessible, Argentina's ambassador to the Caribbean island said on Tuesday.
Raul Taleb, speaking to Argentine radio station Mitre, said Havana's Government Medical Centre for Mental Health had much more discipline than his current place of treatment at a psychiatric clinic in the western suburbs of Buenos Aires.
The diplomat said: "The centre has the best medical treatment available in Cuba and was initially created to treat people who came from war zones, like Angola.
"It is completely inaccessible and Maradona would only have contact with those the doctor treating him allowed."
Maradona's lawyer said on Monday he had received permission to pursue treatment for his longstanding cocaine addiction in Cuba.
The judge's ruling came after a lengthy legal battle over where the 1986 World Cup winner should continue his treatment for cocaine abuse.
Maradona's ex-wife and daughters were trying to ensure that he stayed in Argentina whereas he wanted to return to Cuba where he had lived since 2000. His family had been concerned about his previous stay, suspecting he was not getting the treatment he needed.
The ailing 43-year-old nearly died in April with heart and lung problems.