Tehran, YJC. Takht Ravanchi is to visit Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia next week.
Majid
Takht Ravanchi in interview with Mehr said that he will visit Latin America
next week, adding "During the journey which will take ten days I will visit
Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and probably one more country.”
Rejecting
claims that the 11th administration will shift attention from Latin
America to the US and other major countries the Foreign Minister’s Deputy in
Euro-American Affairs said "We want to have respectful, equilateral relations
with the whole world. We think it has to be so. We are interested in continuing
our relations with all countries, especially with those who have been friends
with us for years. Latin American, East-Asian, neighbor, and African countries,
the priority going to neighbors, are all on our agenda.”
Also
providing comments on the Foreign Minister’s upcoming trips, Takht Ravanchi
said "The Foreign Minister will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland on January 22 and 23rd.”
He further
added that Zarif will attend the Munich Security Conference held on January 31 through
February 2nd.
The
Foreign Minister’s Deputy in Euro-American Affairs also maintained that the
non-resident UK Chargé d'Affaires will be visiting Iran in the near future.
"We
have made an agreement with the UK to follow a step-by-step trend. I believe
that the past cannot be denied, but we must see the future to follow such a
trend within our foreign policy framework which is based on mutual respect and
equilateral stance with the UK,” he stated.