[NYTr] Cuba and Myanmar Reaffirm Cooperation Agreement

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Cuba and Myanmar Reaffirm Cooperation Agreement

Havana, Sept 19 (acn) Cuba and the Union of Myanmar reaffirmed on 
Tuesday a cooperation agreement during the second session of the 
Intergovernmental Joint Commission that took place in Havana aiming at 
strengthening bilateral ties.

The agreement covers several sectors such as trade, biotechnology, 
agriculture, sports, sugar industry, culture, health and tourism.

The visiting delegation was headed by Foreign Minister U Nyan Win, 
while the Cuban side was headed Marta Lomas, Minister for Foreign 
Investment and Economic Cooperation, who thanked Myanmar for its 
support of Cuba in condemning the over-forty-year-old economic, trade 
and financial US blockade against the island.

During his stay in Cuba, the visitor has held official talks with Cuban 
officials and has visited places of scientific interest like the Center 
for Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology and the Center of Molecular 
Immunology.

The third session of the Intergovernmental Joint Commission will take 
place in Yangon, the capital of the Union of Myanmar, in 2009.