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In order to expand ties in health and scientific matters, Cuba and Belarus signed on July 27, an agreement for the quality control of the laboratories of the drug and medical device regulatory agencies.
According to the Prensa Latina agency, Olga Jacobo, director of the Center for the State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (Cecmed) of Cuba, explained that the agreement seeks to guarantee the uniformity of the measurements to confirm the reliability of research in Belarusian and Cuban laboratories.
Likewise, the official specified that the Cuban entity, together with the Expertise and Testing Center of the Ministry of Health of Belarus, will work to support each other methodologically and technically in comparison programs.
She added that the agreement also stipulates the training of specialists based on participation in collaborative study programs.
For his part, the director of the Belarusian health entity, Dmitry Vladimirovich, said that the agreement will have an indefinite duration and will be amended or supplemented in the mutual interest of the parties.
Likewise, he stressed that with this new agreement Minsk and Havana strengthen scientific cooperation for the benefit of the peoples.
Cuba and Belarus celebrated 30 years of diplomatic relations last April. Cuba is a significant partner of that European country in the international arena and one of its most important allies in the Western Hemisphere.
