Iran-Cuba-Torriente /ECO/ IRNA
Tehran, July 2, IRNA -- Cuban Ambassador to Iran Dario de Urra
Torriente here Monday called for economic and commercial cooperation between
Iran and Cuba in the fields of oil, petrochemicals and shoe making.
In a meeting with Expediency Council (EC) Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani, the Cuban ambassador stressed continuation of dialogue and
exchange of visits by officials of the two countries.
Rafsanjani for his part hailed the position Cuba holds in Iran's foreign
policy. He said that after victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in
Iran, there have been many commonalty between Tehran and Havana especially on
global issues and campaign against colonialism and dictatorship.
He called for bilateral cooperation in exchange of information and
technology given Cuba's progress in biotechnology.
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