TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) � Head of Pasteur Institute of Iran Mostafa Qaneyee has announced that Iran is ready to export Hepatitis and �BCG� vaccines to Syria.

�During the Syrian health minister�s visit to Pasteur Institute in Iran, the Syrians considered Pasteur as a well-known Institute and announced that a technical team will enter Iran to receive vaccines in near future�, added Qaneyee.

Pointing that the vaccines bought from Turkey by the Syrian government had caused certain problems in the children, he said that, �vaccine is a strategic product related to national security issues; therefore, it is vital for�export products of a country to be hygienic.�

Qaneyee stressed that vaccines should be provided from friend countries and should have a known origin; since the vaccine is given to a healthy individual and they need to feel safe about the integrity of the product.

Referring to Pasteur Institute�s vast efforts in vaccine production, he reported that, �these vaccines will be delivered to other Islamic countries under the title of technology transfer and export and the details of this project will be announced soon.�

According to the head of Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran will soon export the two crucial Hepatitis and BCG vaccines to Syria.

By Mehr News Agency