Iran Venezuela: Strategic Ties

Hugo Chavez Venezuelan president has ended a two day visit in Iran  ,the two countries has signed eleven contracts in cooperation in Energy ,oil ,textile  industry and mass house making as IRNA says .

The two presidents called their unity as a “new world order “.

In this special situation which Iran is confronting UN sanctions, what makes Venezuela to support Iran?

The relations of two countries go beck to nearly fifty years ago in OPEC.

Despite the far distance between two countries,  Iran is located in Middle East and Venezuela is in the northern part of South America, Venezuela is very supportive.

After Islamic revolution in 1979 lots of economic sanctions imposed to Iran and consequently the Iranian government decided to diversify of its trade partners and as a result Iran concentrated on Latin American countries based on their economical capacities and foreign policies.

To find  the importance of Venezuela  to Iran ,the first issue which comes to mind is oil ,Venezuela has the largest oil reserve outside of Middle East and can be a good partner for Iran.

The reactions of Israel and United States  are another issue , in their views Iran has influence in Latin America which has been  considered as a backyard for US but it seems as if everything is changing ,for example Hugo Chavez says : we both are stand  against  the united states imperialism .

The third issue is economic relations, in this issue some countries like Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and equator have reached to high economic relation with Iran.

The Iran – Venezuela relations have been consolidated in Ahmadinejad’s presidency, first direct flight from Tehran to Caracas, two automotive automobile factories which can make 24 thousands in a year, the dairy production factories and other small industries are some examples of their relations.

Iran and Venezuela are going to reach to 20 billion dollars in common trades.

Hugo Chavez has defended Iran’s nuclear program by insisting it is for peaceful uses.

Four rounds of UN sanctions and the US and European broader embargoes couldn’t stop Iran’s nuclear program.

Chaves has also plan to develop nuclear energy program in Venezuela and because of that has signed an agreement with Russia last week.

Chavez had nine trip to Iran, before coming to Tehran, he had visited Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

It seems a new definition of  international relations

is coming out and we have to look forward to future.