Cuba and Iran expand cooperation relations in the scientific sphere.

Tehran, April 17, 2019. The Ambassador of Cuba in the Islamic Republic of Iran Alexis Bandrich Vega visited the headquarters of the Pasteur Institute in Tehran, on which occasion he had a cordial and fruitful meeting with his director Dr. Alireza Biglari and part of his team. In it, they reviewed the progress of joint projects and verified the wide possibilities and conditions for expanding bilateral collaboration in the medical-scientific field.
Among the most outstanding results of the XVII Session of the Cuba - Iran Intergovernmental Commission that took place last January in Havana, stands out the signing of an agreement between the Finlay Institute of vaccines of BioCubaFarma and the Pasteur Institute of Iran.
It is a challenge for both countries to raise the economic-commercial exchange to the same level as the excellent political relations between them. Cuba maintains the interest of raising its exportable products and there is real potential in terms of biotechnology and medical services.
The Pasteur Institute of Iran is a scientific entity with almost a century of founded, at the service of public health in the Persian nation with high quality standards. For several years he has maintained excellent cooperation links with Cuban scientific institutions, which have included Cuban technology transfers and the preparation of Iranian scientists in our country.