The health ministries of Iran and Turkey held an online meeting for cooperation on Thursday with the presence of Mohammad-Hossein Niknam, the Iranian deputy health minister for international affairs, and Aziz Alper Biten, the Turkish health ministry’s director general for the European Union and Foreign Affairs.

Mohammad-Hassan Habibllahzadeh, the Iranian Ambassador to Ankara, and Hicabi Kirlangic, the Turkish ambassador to Tehran also attended the meeting.

Highlighting the remarkable capabilities of the two countries’ health systems, Niknam stressed the importance of promoting cooperation between the two systems to meet bilateral as well as regional needs. 

The official went on to propose expanding collaborative partnerships in medicine, medical equipment, and medical studies focusing on improving interactions between universities of medical sciences, conducting health research, providing specialized treatment services to patients, making joint investments and developing health infrastructure, dealing with communicable and non-communicable diseases and diseases.