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:FarsNews