BEIJING, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatian Health Minister Zeljko Reiner and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Wenkang on Wednesday in Beijing signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of health and medicine, the Croatian Foreign Ministry
said in a statement. Reiner is heading a five-member Health Ministry delegation, which has been on an official visit to China since yesterday. The delegation had been invited by the Chinese Health Ministry. Establishing cooperation in the field of health will contribute to strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries, the two ministers agreed. They also agreed for Croatia and China to exchange expert groups which would determine the areas of concrete cooperation. Both ministers supported the cooperation in pharmaceutical industry, stressing the position of the Croatian pharmaceutical giant 'Pliva' on the Chinese market. The Chinese minister thanked R
BEIJING, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatian Health Minister Zeljko Reiner and
his Chinese counterpart Zhang Wenkang on Wednesday in Beijing
signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of health and
medicine, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Reiner is heading a five-member Health Ministry delegation, which
has been on an official visit to China since yesterday. The
delegation had been invited by the Chinese Health Ministry.
Establishing cooperation in the field of health will contribute to
strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries,
the two ministers agreed.
They also agreed for Croatia and China to exchange expert groups
which would determine the areas of concrete cooperation. Both
ministers supported the cooperation in pharmaceutical industry,
stressing the position of the Croatian pharmaceutical giant
'Pliva' on the Chinese market.
The Chinese minister thanked Reiner for Croatia's consistent
representation of the policy of a single China, which he said was
particularly important in the activities of international
institutions such as the World Health Organisation.
At the end of the meeting, Reiner invited Zhang to pay a return visit
to Croatia, which the Chinese official accepted.
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