Iran seeks to expand exchanges with Venezuela in the economic and energy areas

Published at: 19/09/2024 09:27 PM

The People's Power Minister for Transportation and president of the Joint Economic Commission between Iran and Venezuela, Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, traveled to Tehran to meet with Iranian authorities.

Velásquez conveyed the warm greetings of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to the senior authorities of Iran, and extended cordial greetings from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country, Iván Gil.

In addition, he wished success to Masoud Pezeshkian, president of the Islamic nation, according to a press release published on the MPPT website.

The minister noted President Maduro's special emphasis on continuing efforts to deepen relations between the two countries in various fields, especially in the economic and energy areas, and expressed confidence that the upward trend in relations will continue strongly in the new governments of both nations.

For his part, Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, congratulated President Nicolás Maduro on his re-election in the Venezuelan presidential elections.

He emphasized that “we attach great importance to relations with Venezuela and, in the Pezeshkian Government, we are still interested in expanding bilateral relations between Tehran and Caracas.”

Araqchi also expressed his hope that Velásquez Araguayán's trip to Tehran and his meetings with the Iranian authorities will be fruitful and successful, to take important steps for holding a new round of the Joint Economic Commission of Iran and Venezuela, as well as for the monitoring of bilateral agreements in different areas.

In response to the expression of interest of his Venezuelan counterpart, the head of Iranian diplomacy, he expressed his hope that at the meeting of the foreign ministers of both countries within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, opinions will be debated and exchanged on the process of improving bilateral relations.

Mazo News Team