The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela has climbed to at least 920, with more than 3,300 people injured, as emergency teams continue searching through collapsed buildings for survivors.
–The authorities of Venezuela declared seven days of mourning for soldiers and civilians killed as a result of the aggression of the United States on January 3, Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez stated.
Venezuela strongly condemned the recent bombing of Lebanon by the Israeli regime.
The head of the Trade Development Organization has said that Iran will export more than 100,000 cars to Venezuela.
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Ale-Sadeq and his Venezuelan counterpart Anibal Gallegos Ramirez reviewed the latest international developments.
Move comes as Venezuela signals interest in improving relations with the US amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Iran’s former ambassador to Venezuela says Iran has no limitation in legal cooperation with Venezuela and both countries benefit it and Iran is determined to expand its co-operations with this Latin American state.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister will arrive in Tehran on Monday at the head of a high-ranking delegation to meet with his Iranian counterpart as two countries try to expand cordial relations amid the US sanctions.
Iran’s former Ambassador to Venezuela says among the Club of the Sanctioned, the win-win game has begun; adding that those sanctioned countries enter this club will themselves become a major power in making sanctions ineffective like the fuel which was sent to Syria and Lebanon while both countries are under sanctions.
The U.S. national security community is monitoring two Iranian naval vessels whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela, according to three people familiar with the situation, in what would be a provocative move at a tense moment in U.S.-Iran relations.
