Referring to the capabilities of Iran in the field of exporting technical-engineering services and processing agricultural and mineral products, the President noted, "The Iranian nation has gained valuable experiences and achievements in the field of science and technology by standing up to the domination system and overcoming the sanctions, which can be shared with Venezuela"

Speaking at the joint meeting of the high-ranking delegations of Iran and Venezuela on Monday afternoon local time, Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi thanked the Venezuelan government and people for the warm welcome, described the relations between the two countries as strategic and clarified, "Despite the expansion of relations between Iran and Venezuela in recent years, diverse mutual capacities require the agreements of the two countries to be implemented as quickly as possible and the relations between them to be upgraded to higher levels".

Referring to the capabilities of Iran in the field of exporting technical-engineering services and processing agricultural and mineral products, the President noted, "The Iranian nation has gained valuable experiences and achievements in the field of science and technology by standing up to the domination system and overcoming the sanctions, which can be shared with Venezuela".

Referring to targeting the volume of exchanges between the two countries up to $10 billion in the medium term, the President emphasised that this figure can be increased to $20 billion in the next step.

Dr Raisi emphasised on the more active shipping lines between the two countries, expanding cooperation in industrial, mining, energy and monetary and banking issues as important in deepening and strengthening the relations between the two countries.

Stating that a new system is being formed in the world, the President said that the future of these developments will benefit the freedom-seeking and independent countries of the world.

In the joint meeting of the high-ranking delegations of the two countries, Mr Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, praised the history of strategic relations between Tehran and Caracas and announced his determination and the members of the cabinet of this country to start a new round of efforts and measures to expand relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Referring to the efforts of Iran and Venezuela to reduce their economic dependence on oil revenues and thus increasing the resistance of the economy of the two countries against foreign impulses, and said, "In the new world that is being formed, imperialism is falling and the countries that have resisted the arrogance of the arrogant are on the verge of victory".

The President of Venezuela also expressed his satisfaction with the reactivation of Iranian industrial companies such as tractor manufacturing and automobile manufacturing in Venezuela, and emphasised the effort to achieve the goal of increasing the volume of trade between the two countries to $10 billion.

Stressing the necessity of establishing a direct air line between the two countries and strengthening shipping lines to increase trade between Iran and Venezuela, Maduro said, "The two countries have good capacities for cooperation in the fields of tourism, agriculture and animal husbandry".

He also considered Iran's investment in gold mining in Venezuela and the cooperation of Iranian companies in industrial fields with this country as win-win relations for both sides.

In the meeting of the high-ranking delegations of Iran and Venezuela, the Presidents of the two countries called Martyr Haj Qasem Soleimani and the late Venezuelan politician Simón Bolivar as heroes of the fight against domination and imperialism.

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