[NYTr] Iranian Minister Begins Official Program in Cuba

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Iranian Minister Begins Official Program in Cuba

Havana, July 23 (acn) The Iranian Minister of Trade Sayed Masoud Mir 
Kasemi begins on Monday an official visit to Cuba heading a delegation 
of his country that also includes Vice Minister Mohammad Alí Zeyghami 
and Seyed Hamid Ghayam Shahidi, head of the Center for the Promotion of 
International Exhibitions, as well as by other Iranian officials.

The visiting delegation arrived on Sunday in Havana for a five-day 
working visit. Monday's program includes a meeting with Cuba's Foreign 
Trade Minister Raúl de la Nuez to sign a cooperation agreement dealing 
with the setting up of tariffs.

Mir Kasemi and his delegation will also meet with Foreign Minister 
Felipe Pérez Roque, Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and Foreign 
Investment and Economic Cooperation Minister Marta Lomas.

Their program also includes visits to the Center for Genetics 
Engineering and Biotechnology in the western part of Havana and to Old 
Havana and its System of Colonial Fortifications, declared as world 
heritage sites by UNESCO in 1982.

Last June, the Iranian Minister of Industries and Mining, Ali Reza 
Tahmasbi, visited the island to participate in the 12th Cuba-Iran 
Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Technical and Scientific 
Cooperation.