Cuba calls for expansion of cooperation with Iran
Madrid, Sept 3, IRNA
Cuban Minister of Transportation Carlos Manuel Pazo Torrado Saturday in Havana called for expansion of technical cooperation with Iran.
In a meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Cuba Ahmad Edrissian, Torrado said Iran was an advanced country in various fields of transportation and expressed his country's willingness to boost cooperation with Iran in this respect.
He said the upcoming visit to Cuba of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be an appropriate opportunity for the two countries to sign new agreements.
Ahmadinejad is to make a trip to Havana to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit meeting to be held on September 11-16.
The Cuban minister called for boost in Tehran-Havana economic cooperation in line with amicable political ties.
Meanwhile, Cuban Minister of Basic Industries Yadira Garcia Vera, in a meeting with Edrissian, expressed her country's readiness to sign industrial agreements with Iran.
The minister said the two countries enjoy great potentials for expansion of industrial cooperation, adding Cuba is determined to boost ties with Iran in different fields.
She further lauded Iran's industrial progress.
The two sides discussed avenues for bolstering bilateral economic ties particularly in the fields of electricity, oil and cement.
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