ArmInfo. RA Minister of Health Anahit Hovhannisyan held a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mr. Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri.
The sides pointed out that the Armenian-Iranian cooperation in the health sector has a great potential. Minister Avanesyan welcomed the progressive dialogue and expressed the confidence that the work under the agreements reached at the 16th joint meeting of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission s being intensified.
"The great potential of Armenian-Iranian cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry is obvious. We are considering the possibility of allowing Iranian medicines to the Armenian market," the minister said. Ambassador Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri highlighted the importance of raising the quality of bilateral cooperation.
The sides also discussed a number of issues related to investment programmes, health tourism, cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry, and in a number of fields using up-to-date technologies.