Venezuela's Maduro plans to visit Iran 'very soon' - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Dec 27, 2021

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (R) at the Casa Amarilla palace in Caracas, on Nov. 5, 2020. — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (R) at the Casa Amarilla palace in Caracas, on Nov. 5, 2020. — CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he plans to visit Iran to forge new cooperation agreements between Tehran and Caracas.

"I am going to Tehran very soon for a visit that President [Ebrahim] Raisi offered me so that we meet in person to hold conversations and sign new agreements … and speed up processes of cooperation," Maduro told Al Mayadeen during a Spanish-language interview Sunday.

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