Russia and Cuba have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful atomic energy use. The agreement was signed between Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom and Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in Vienna.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of International 60th Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference held in Vienna, capital city of Austria.

The deal lays down the basis for further cooperation in different fields from agriculture to training nuclear specialists. To facilitate the implementation of the agreement special coordinating committees and bilateral working groups will be created.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference:

The General Conference will feature a set of events important for the IAEA operations, from assessment of the agency’s work in the previous years, especially in 2015, to the budgetary issues and discussions on the IAEA’s priorities for the future.

IAEA Secretary General Yukiya Amano is expected to open the organization’s General Conference with a statement covering the work of the UN agency through the last 60 years of its existence. The organization remains committed to its Statute, approved on October 23, 1956, that outlined its main goals — assisting member states in using nuclear science for peaceful purposes as well as development and maintenance of nuclear safety standards and their application.

The General Conference is expected to approve the 2015 Annual Report and other budgetary issues, while the side events will feature the Scientific Forum on Nuclear Technology for the Sustainable Development Goals on September 28-29, the Forum of the International Nuclear Safety Group which will take place on September 26.