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IRANIANS IN CUBA DISCUSS BIOTECH, PALESTINE
Iran Report
Iran Report
Havana
April 9 2001
La Nueva Cuba
April 10, 2001
A group of Iranian parliamentarians visiting Cuba learned on 31 March that President Fidel Castro has underlined the importance of biotechnology cooperation with Iran, IRNA reported. Relations in this field started six years ago, with manufacturing medicines, technology transfers, and establishment of vaccine production units.
The Iranian delegation's other reason for being in Cuba is to attend the 105th summit of Cuba's Inter-Parliamentary Union. Iranian Ambassador to Havana Davud Salehi said that the Iranians' consultation with other delegates had yielded important results, and the Iranian proposal on fighting terrorism, drug abuse, and organized crime resembled that of Cuba. The Iranians also met with Arab delegates, Salehi said, and Islamic and Arab states are upset that an Israeli delegation is participating in the summit. The Iranian delegation is trying to hold talks about the "dialogue among civilizations," IRNA reported on 1 April. (Bill Samii)
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