Iran, Cuba to Bolster Economic, Medical Cooperation

Iran and Cuba are slated to sign 6 MoUs to expand mutual cooperation in areas of sports, medicine, farming, vaccine production and pharmaceuticals at the end of the two countries' Joint Economic Cooperation Commission in Havana.

Iranian Deputy Health Minister Mohsen Assadi Lari arrived in Havana late on Tuesday to attend the 17th Iran-Cuba Joint Economic Cooperation Commission, sign mutual cooperation documents in various fields and hold meetings with the Cuban officials.

Heading a senior delegation, he is slated to hold talks with that country’s officials, including health minister, vice chairman and minister of trade and foreign investment in the two-day official visit to Cuba.

During the trip, some six memoranda of understanding (MoUs) in the fields of trade, sports, agriculture, pharmaceutical products, transfer of knowledge for producing Pneumococcal vaccine will be signed by the officials of the two countries.

Head of Pasteur Institute of Iran (a major pharmaceutical research and innovation center) along with representatives from Export Guarantee Fund of Iran and Foreign Ministry officials are accompanying deputy health minister in his trip to Havana.

In a related front, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cabled a message to his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel on January 01, highlighting the need for the expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Havana.

I hope that Iran and Cuba will expand their mutual cooperation in the future," President Rouhani said in his message, congratulating his Cuban counterpart on the occasion of the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

"We are happy that the Cuban government, with the support of people, has firmly resisted against all the conspiracies, threats, and sanctions over past 60 years, becoming a symbol of resistance against the Domination System,” The Iranian president added.

source: FARS News Agency