On March 15, the Director of the Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Growing of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Associate Professor Ilham Garagurbanli and Deputy Director of the Institute, Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences Sevil Suleymanova visited the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the MSE RA. The guests got acquainted with the institute's laboratories, conducted scientific-research works, and obtained important achivements. Between the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies and the Scientific Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Growing, the implementation of coordinated joint scientific research work on topics of mutual interest and innovations in the fields of plant biotechnology and molecular phytopathology was discussed, and a cooperation agreement was signed.