Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Russia have inked an initial document on comprehensive health cooperation between the two countries.

The agreement was signed by Mohammad-Hossein Niknam, a special aide to Iranian minister of health, and Sergei Glagolev, the Russian deputy health minister, on the sidelines of the 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission Cooperation in Tehran on Friday.

The agreement followed several rounds of talks between the two sides on different areas including shared production of medicine and medical equipment, health researches, modern and digital technologies, medical education, academic cooperation, training health experts, and management of pandemic and non-pandemic diseases.

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