Iran, Azerbaijan discuss medicine production

  11 March 2016    Read: 1286
Iran, Azerbaijan discuss medicine production
Azerbaijan
At a meeting with Iranian deputy minister of Health and Medical Education, Rasoul Dinarvand, on March 10 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Health Elsever Agayev said that negotiations over a joint project with Iran for producing drugs in Azerbaijan is on agenda, Iranian embassy’s press office in Baku announced.

Elsever Agayev further expressed his country’s interest in cooperation with Tehran in health sector. In turn, Dinarvand who is also the head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration said that his visit to Baku takes place in line with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in health sector signed between Tehran and Baku during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Iran in February. Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pak Ayeen also attended the meeting.

Back in February, addressing a Press Conference in Baku, Pak Ayeen said Iran and Azerbaijan have signed a MoU to establish a pharmaceutical factory in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait City.

Media reports have suggested that Pharma Chemie, an Iranian pharmaceutical company, is expected to be involved in the project. On Feb. 23 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev concluded his official visit to Iran which took place on the invitation of President Hassan Rouhani. The high level official visit resulted in conclusion of over 10 documents covering various areas of cooperation between Tehran and Baku.

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