Syrian president ends visit to Cuba
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- Politics and Government
- 07 / 01 / 2010
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria arrived in Brasília on Wednesday after concluding a visit to Havana.
On Tuesday, the Syrian leader and his wife, Asma, visited the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Havana.
As described by the Syrian news agency SANA, "the Center's staff briefed the President and Mrs. al-Assad on the advanced researches conducted there in the fields of genetic engineering and biotechnology and latest discoveries and applications in these fields, in addition to the potential for cooperation between the Center and relevant establishments in Syria."
The visitors "viewed some research activities and the production process for advanced medicine and vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis, meningitis, Alzheimer's and children's psychological disorders."
The Center, "which began work in 1986, is considered as one of the most advanced centers for genetic research and the development and production of vaccines and medicine in the world," the SANA dispatch says. "Its products are exported to over 124 countries."
The visitors "viewed some research activities and the production process for advanced medicine and vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis, meningitis, Alzheimer's and children's psychological disorders."
The Center, "which began work in 1986, is considered as one of the most advanced centers for genetic research and the development and production of vaccines and medicine in the world," the SANA dispatch says. "Its products are exported to over 124 countries."
Source: The Miami Herald
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