Quantcast
Venezuela’s Maduro says he will visit Iran soon, sign agreements – Metro US

Venezuela’s Maduro says he will visit Iran soon, sign agreements

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Maduro holds a news conference at
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Maduro holds a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors, after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the gasoline-starved South American country.

“I am obliged to go to personally thank the people,” Maduro said in a state television address, without providing a date for the visit.

(Reporting by Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen; Editing by Kim Coghill)