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Belarus and Russia have established cooperation in nuclear medicine, Director General of Rosatom Health Technologies Igor Obrubov told the media on the sidelines of the Atomexpo International Forum in Sochi on 26 March.

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Russia's Rosatom has signed agreements relating to developing nuclear medicine centres in Nicaragua and Kazakhstan, and also a memorandum of understanding with Burkina Faso which includes potential nuclear energy projects.

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade, representatives from the Kaluga region and the city of Obninsk, and Rosatom have signed a special investment contract for the construction of what Rosatom says will be Europe's largest plant for the production of radiopharmaceuticals.

Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Health and Rosatom are working together on a new nuclear medicine diagnostic centre at the National Centre for Oncology and Haematology in Bishkek, with the latest stage being the delivery of a technetium-99m GT-4K generator.

The event was attended by the heads and leading scientists of the largest research medical centers, manufacturers of medical radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals from the BRICS countries, and representatives of state authorities in manufacturing radioisotope products for health care.

The Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom will supply medical equipment for cancer patients to Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of Rusatom Healthcare (the Rosatom division that accumulates expertise in the field of healthcare).