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Iran, Venezuela firm to deepen ties
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday on the third leg of his tour of South America.
Ahmadinejad arrived from Bolivia, where he held talks with President Evo Morales.
He was set to sign business and industrial accords with President Hugo Chavez as cooperation between the two countries has grown in recent years.
Iran has established a good relationship with the new wave of left-leaning rulers in Latin America, which the Unite States regarded as its backyard for centuries.
“We have a solid foundation, a solid base that we have created over this decade in our relationship, and it shows how false are the attacks of the world empire,” BBC quoted Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro as saying on Wednesday.
The two presidents were expected to sign 270 agreements on cooperation in agriculture, industry, technology, energy and a number of other areas during Ahmadinejad's stay in Venezuela.
The Iranian president began his South American tour in Brazil, where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized attempts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad’s meeting with Lula received worldwide media coverage. In an interview with Brazilian state television, the Iranian president said Tehran and Brasilia can extend their cooperation by building nuclear power plants together.
Bolivia proud of its ties with Iran: Morales
In La Paz on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad and Bolivian President Evo Morales called for the expansion of ties between the two countries.
“Free nations and governments should stand together to foil the plots hatched by imperialists,” Ahmadinejad said after holding talks with Morales in the Bolivian capital, Press TV reported.
“Although there is a great geographical distance between Tehran and La Paz, Iran and Bolivia have similar approaches,” IRNA quoted the Iranian president as saying.
Morales stated that Iran is a great and developed country and called for the expansion of relations between the two countries.
“Bolivia is proud of its ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in various spheres,” Morales said.
The two presidents signed a joint statement in which they voiced their determination to boost the level of their bilateral ties.
The two countries also signed two memoranda of understanding, according to which Iran will build a dialysis center in Bolivia and will assist the Latin American country in mining research to improve the extraction of its reserves of lithium, a key mineral used in rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptops, and electric cars.
Ahmadinejad arrived from Bolivia, where he held talks with President Evo Morales.
He was set to sign business and industrial accords with President Hugo Chavez as cooperation between the two countries has grown in recent years.
Iran has established a good relationship with the new wave of left-leaning rulers in Latin America, which the Unite States regarded as its backyard for centuries.
“We have a solid foundation, a solid base that we have created over this decade in our relationship, and it shows how false are the attacks of the world empire,” BBC quoted Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro as saying on Wednesday.
The two presidents were expected to sign 270 agreements on cooperation in agriculture, industry, technology, energy and a number of other areas during Ahmadinejad's stay in Venezuela.
The Iranian president began his South American tour in Brazil, where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized attempts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad’s meeting with Lula received worldwide media coverage. In an interview with Brazilian state television, the Iranian president said Tehran and Brasilia can extend their cooperation by building nuclear power plants together.
Bolivia proud of its ties with Iran: Morales
In La Paz on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad and Bolivian President Evo Morales called for the expansion of ties between the two countries.
“Free nations and governments should stand together to foil the plots hatched by imperialists,” Ahmadinejad said after holding talks with Morales in the Bolivian capital, Press TV reported.
“Although there is a great geographical distance between Tehran and La Paz, Iran and Bolivia have similar approaches,” IRNA quoted the Iranian president as saying.
Morales stated that Iran is a great and developed country and called for the expansion of relations between the two countries.
“Bolivia is proud of its ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in various spheres,” Morales said.
The two presidents signed a joint statement in which they voiced their determination to boost the level of their bilateral ties.
The two countries also signed two memoranda of understanding, according to which Iran will build a dialysis center in Bolivia and will assist the Latin American country in mining research to improve the extraction of its reserves of lithium, a key mineral used in rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptops, and electric cars.
