Accompanied by the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, the Chief of State Antillean as part of his official visit to Russia exchanged with authorities and specialists from scientific and technological centers of international relevance in St. Petersburg
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, visited scientific and technological centers of international relevance and importance for Russian-Cuban bilateral cooperation on Monday in St. Petersburg.
Accompanied by the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, the Chief of State Antillean as part of his official visit to Russia initiated this May 4, reached the land of the Pharmaceutical Company VERTEX, located at the Novoorlovskaya site of the special economic zone of the city.
The president and the head of the so -called Russian northern capital during the tour became familiar with the company’s finished products line, which cover from vital medicines to cosmetics, also reached the production workshops and inspected the packaging line.
During the visit, both authorities and the delegations that accompanied them discussed issues related to actions to achieve greater development in cooperation between the pharmaceutical industries of St. Petersburg and Cuba.
Díaz-Canel proposed to the Russian part to resume the exchange of technologies, based on the high potential for research, development and joint production of medicines and cosmetic products that exist in both countries.
In that sense, he invited representatives of the pharmaceutical industry of St. Petersburg to visit the Cuban production facilities and participate in the scientific conferences carried out on the Caribbean island.
Likewise, the Antillean dignitary commented that Cuba also has a special economic zone Mariel, located west of Havana, where biotechnological companies are located.
He gave as an example the presence in this enclave of centers where a hepatitis vaccine has been created, a unique medicine for the treatment of diabetic foot (Heberprot-P) and other drugs with global recognition.
“VERTEX is a clear example of success in the replacement of imports and in the innovative development of our pharmaceutical industry,” Beglov said.
«The work of these companies confirms the status of St. Petersburg as the leading center of the pharmaceutical industry in Russia. The company’s specialists guarantee the availability of high quality medical care for our citizens, ”he added.
In this regard, he stressed that VERTEX representatives established initial contacts with Cuban colleagues about the production of vitamins, pregnancy tests, other medical devices and medications.
Díaz-Canel and Beglov also toured the areas of electromagnetic compatibility laboratories and climatic tests, comprehensive testing centers and innovative energy of the PJSC Rosseti Intelligent Digital Networks Laboratory.
The visit served to dialogue about the expansion of cooperation between the energy engineers of Russia and Cuba in the field of operation and development of the network complex, the introduction of modern technologies and the guarantee of the safety of electrical installations.
St. Petersburg specialists invited their Cuban colleagues to implement joint educational projects, expand the exchange of information, as well as cooperate in the design and construction of energy facilities, equipment tests, the introduction of digital technologies and the solution of cybersecurity problems.
The Cuban president valued the level of competence of PJSC Rosseti and expressed interest in using the advanced developments of the Russian city and their professionals for effective management in several economic lines of Cuba.
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