Iran-WHO-Mottaki
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that Tehran is ready to exchange its experiences with the World Health Organization (WHO) to help upgrade health standards in the region and even turn into a health hub in the Middle East region.

Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with the new WHO
representative to Iran Ambrogio Manenti.

At the meeting, Mottaki highlighted significant role of WHO in improving the status of health in the world and briefed the WHO envoy on Iran's capabilities to this end.

Both the Middle East and Central Asia need more attention and better health care due to their political issues and existing shortcomings, Mottaki said.

Iran proposes WHO to make use of religious beliefs in its campaign against drug addiction and diseases, Mottaki said.

Such a policy can help ease WHO's responsibilities and increase its efficiency in dealing with the issue, he said.

The WHO envoy, for his part, called Iran as a big country with ancient civilization and advanced health care system and said Iran is now regarded as the most developed country in the region in terms of health care. Iran's offer can be put on WHO's agenda, he said.