 
        On March 13, 2024, the First
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov
            
                
                     
                    
                             Ivan Ivanovich
                         
                     
                
            
            
      held a meeting with the member
of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, BioCubaFarma
CEO Marta Ayala Ávila.
The conversation was held in a comradely, friendly atmosphere, the meeting participants discussed issues of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals.
The Russian side was also
represented by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Health Protection Alexey
Kurinny
            
                
                     
                    
                             Alexey Vladimirovich
                         
                     
                
            
            
      and member of the Committee Nikolay Osadchy
            
                
                     
                    
                             Nikolay Ivanovich
                         
                     
                
            
            
     . The Cuban side was
represented by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Russia Julio Garmendía Peña,
BioCubaFarma Deputy CEO Eulogio Pimentel Vázquez and Deputy Director General of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Jorge Valdés Hernández.
