IAEA Director General Visits Panama to Strengthen Cooperation through Rays of Hope and Atoms4Food

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been to Panama for high level meetings to enhance support for the country's efforts to strengthen cancer care, food security and water resource management. During his visit, Mr Grossi met with Panama's Foreign Minister, Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, to discuss closer cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear technology for the benefit of Panama's people.

Mr Grossi and Panama's Minister of Health, Fernando Boyd Galindo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand cancer care and treatment through the Agency's Rays of Hope initiative. Mr Grossi also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Panama's Vice Minister of Agricultural Development, Francisco Ameglio, to fight screwworm and improve water management through the IAEA's Atoms4Food programme.