Cabinet clears pacts with Morocco, Armenia

The Union Cabinet today approved signing of an agreement with Morocco on healthcare and another with Armenia on cooperation in disaster management.
The memorandum of understanding with Morocco, once signed, will see cooperation in the fight against child cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
The two countries will also cooperate in the field of communicable diseases, maternal, child and neonatal health, an official statement said.
A working group will also be set up to further expound the details of cooperation and to oversee the implementation of the MoU.
The Cabinet also gave its nod for signing a memorandum of understanding with Armenia for cooperation in the field of disaster management

The MoU seeks to put in place a system so that the two countries benefit from the disaster management mechanisms of each other, another official statement said.