Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and Cuba hold 3rd consultative meeting
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/
The 3rd consultative meeting between the Ministries of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia and the Republic of Cuba was held in Havana on January 18-19.
The meeting
was co-chaired by D.Davaasuren, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia, and Marcelino Medina, first Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Cuba.
Mr.
Davaasuren held a meeting with Mr. Fernando Bermudez, first Deputy Minister of
Science, Technology and Environment and discussed about launching cooperation between
scientific, technological and research institutes. Furthermore, they signed a
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of
Mongolia and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the
Republic of Cuba for cooperation in conservation.
Moreover,
the State Secretary got familiarized with activities of the Diplomatic Academy
and the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology which is leading in
the world with its production of pharmaceuticals and vaccines and exchanged
views on bilateral cooperation.
The Cuban
side proposed to cooperate with Mongolia in health and biotechnological sectors,
especially in the fields of treatment of diabetes, prevention of heart attack,
elimination of hepatitis B and Delta viruses and the supply of vaccines against
bovine foot-and-mouth disease and parasites.
