A senior Cuban diplomatic official in Iran has said Cuba and Iran plan to increase biotechnological cooperation, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday (see GSN, June 6).

Cuba is ready to cooperate with Iran in a wide range of areas, including biotechnology, said Jorje Hadad, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Tehran.  Mutual biotechnological cooperation could improve the health standards of both countries, he said, adding that it could later lead to Cuba and Iran establishing pharmaceutical factories.  It is important for Havana and Tehran to cooperate because of Cuba’s strategic position in Latin America and Iran’s strategic position in the Middle East, Hadad said (Islamic Republic News Agency, June 10).

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