OREANDA-NEWS. March 01, 2012. Ukraine and Cuba are interested to develop cooperation in the field of public health services. This was discussed during the meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov with the Vice President Council of Ministers of Cuba Marino Murillo.

Thus, according to Mykola Azarov, Ukraine has already got draft agreement on establishment of a joint Ukrainian-Cuban pharmaceutical enterprise to produce drugs for treatment of cancer patients. "The project is considering by our Ministry of Health. After that it will be submitted to the Cuban party to signature," the Head of Ukrainian Government informed.

The Prime Minister stressed that in Ukraine there are aware of the achievements of Cuban doctors in the treatment of cancer diseases, because such cooperation will allow to adopt experience of Cuba: "We know about these remarkable results of treatment of cancer patients which are achieved by the Cuban doctors. And we are ready together with you to set up such centre at ourselves."

In addition, as noted Mykola Azarov, our country is interested in project implementation for the production of biopharmaceutical products with the participation of the Cuban Centre of Molecular Immunology and the Ukrainian company CJSC Darnitsa Pharmaceutical Firm.

The PM expressed his gratitude Cuban party for the treatment of 18 thousand Ukrainian children affected by the Chornobyl disaster. He confirmed the interest of the Ukrainian party in the continuing rehabilitation and treatment of children, while adding that Ukraine is ready to finance this treatment: "I want to emphasize that Cuba is the only country that so cares of the Ukrainian children. I would like to inform you that we are ready to undertake funding treatment for our children."