Zarif calls for increased cooperation with Venezuela

Zarif calls for increased cooperation with Venezuela, Tehran Times, March 2, 2014

(What does Iran, which already has ample oil, want from Venezuela? She produces neither sufficient food, toilet tissue nor other necessities for her own people. She produces few commercial and industrial goods. Russia, a friend of Iran, recently warned the U.S. not to interfere in Venezuelan efforts to discourage protesters, at least fifteen of whom have already been killed and hundreds of whom have been jailed. Here’s a link to what Senator Rubio thinks. Perhaps Venezuela, along with her Cuban colonial masters, can provide useful military bases proximate to the United States. — DM)

The Venezuelan official. . . thanked the Islamic Republic for its policy toward recent developments in the South American country.

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has highlighted the importance of relations between Tehran and Caracas and called for increased bilateral cooperation.

Zarif made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Xoan Noya Alarcon in Tehran on Sunday.

He also said that a new round of Iran-Venezuela joint economic committee meetings, scheduled to be held over the next few months, will pave the way for increased economic, commercial, and industrial.

The Venezuelan official, for his part, thanked the Islamic Republic for its policy toward recent developments in the South American country.

Venezuela has been the scene of anti-government protests over the past few weeks.

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