Yvan Gil Pinto and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian held a telephone conversation on Saturday evening.
Describing Venezuela and Iran as two important partners in the international arena, Gil Pinto expressed satisfaction with the successful meeting of the Economic Cooperation Joint Commission, held in November 2022 in Tehran.
For his part, Amirabdollahian congratulated Gil Pinto on taking office.
The Iranian foreign minister also expressed hope that closer cooperation and increased efforts would result in the expansion of relations between Tehran and Caracas in various fields.
In October 2021, Iran and Venezuela agreed to draw up a road map to 20-year cooperation.
In a meeting with Venezuela’s deputy foreign minister in November 2022, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian said Tehran was carrying out the contents of the road map to long-term cooperation with Venezuela with the maximum power.