Cuba, Ethiopia and Sri-Lanka Sign Cooperation Agreements

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 7 (acn) Cuban Science, Technology and Environment minister Elba Rosa Perez signed scientific cooperation documents with her counterparts from Ethiopia and Sri-Lanka.

The Cuban minister and Ethiopia´s State Minister Ato Reggassa signed a five-year-term document to organize the exchange by Cuban and Ethiopian academics, industrial specialists to develop projects and initiatives in their respective fields.
The accord also stipulates scientific exchange and the strengthening of links in biotechnology, sugar technology, the pharmaceutical industry and the fight on cancer.
The Cuban official also signed a MOU with Sri Lanka´s Science and Technology minister Susil Premajayantha for cooperation in the areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, mechanical and electronic engineering and information technologies.
The Memo also refers to Metrology, the processing of minerals and renewable energies.
Ethiopia is mainly an agricultural country in Africa with over 83 million inhabitants. Its city capital Addis Ababa and Sri Lanka, originally was famous for its production and export of cinnamon and rubber and Ceylon tea back in the 19th and 20 centuries. It has a population of 20 million inhabitants