Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ehsan Khandouzi and Cuba�s deputy prime minister, and the Cuban president�s special envoy Ricardo Cabrisas, met on Tuesday in Tehran and both sides agreed to increase trade, economic ties.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba�s deputy prime minister and the Cuban president�s special envoy, who has traveled to Tehran to take part in the 18th meeting of the Iran-Cuba Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, met with Khandouzi�on Tuesday and exchanged views on topics of mutual interest.

Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister said in the meeting that Iran has always�called for�establishing�long-term�economic�relations�with�Latin American�countries, especially�Cuba.

He added�that�according�to�the history of�the supreme�political�cooperation�of the two�countries,�Cuba�is�particularly�important�for�the Islamic�Republic�of Iran.

Khandouzi in the meeting highlighted the�necessity�of�promoting�economic�relations�between�the�two�countries�in�the�fields�of health�and�agriculture, and called for boosting�economic ties between the two countries.

**** Climate�change & Ukrainian�crisis challenges�Cuba�food�security

Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba�s deputy prime minister and the Cuban president�s special envoy for his part in the meeting said that climate�change and Ukrainian�crisis, has had challenged Cuba's food�security.He announced his country's readiness�to�use�the experiences�and�technology�of Iranian�companies.

 

 

By IRNA�