Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi after ‘strategic’ ties in South America tour

this visit by Iranian president ibrahimovici tunicaragua is expected to deepen cooperation with a country also sanctioned by the United States while discussions are expected to cover political economic and trade agreements worth tens of billions of dollars the leaders have used the visit to criticize the U.S and European nations calling them common enemies all of them without exception are major robbers and exploiters of the people in different regions of the earth and the truth is that this practice has not disappeared it's a rare trip for aec who began a tour of Latin America this week with a visit to Venezuela Tehran is one of the most important allies for president Nicolas maduro's government we are friends of difficult times to the people and governments of Venezuela the relationship between Iran and Venezuela is not a normal diplomatic relationship but is a strategic relationship between two countries that have common interests common visions and common enemies Venezuela has some of the world's largest oil reserves in both countries are opic members the oil cartel has become Central to discussions of the energy crisis sparked by Russia's war on Ukraine the conflicts renewed Global efforts to solve Venezuela's political and economic crisis Maduro visited Iran a year ago signing a 20-year pact to increase cooperation in the oil petrochemical and defense sectors races 12 Allied nations in Latin America comes as tensions with the U.S are worsening the U.S has accused Iran of providing Russia with materials to build a plant to make drones but Iran says it supplied drones to Russia before the start of the war isi will complete his tour with a visit to Cuba and is expected to hold more talks on what he says are changes needed to build a new world order [Applause]

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Length: 2min 0sec (120 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 14 2023