Zarif from Venezuela: West Losing Integrity

By Staff, Agencies

In a tour in Latin America, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other senior officials.

Zarif, who traveled to Caracas on Wednesday for a three-leg tour of Latin America, held a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday.

The top Iranian diplomat had already held a meeting with Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez for talks on various topics about the bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interest.

The Iranian foreign minister had also held a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza.

During the Thursday meeting, the two senior diplomats conferred on bilateral, regional, and international issues.

After the meeting, Zarif and Arreaza spoke to reporters about their views on bilateral cooperation and the future of relations between Iran and Venezuela.

In a post on his Twitter account after conclusion of the visit to Caracas, Foreign Minister Zarif said he has held meetings with the Venezuelan officials on “expansion of bilateral ties”.

Zarif also said he has given a lecture at the Samuel Robinson Institute about the “US/Western terror tactics in attempts to halt the course of history toward a post-Western world.”

“The US and its allies can no more control what happens in the world, as the West is losing its integrity and coherence,” he confirmed.

The top Iranian diplomat highlighted: “Today, the United States and all its allies combined cannot control what happens in the world, they have lost control… The West is losing its integrity, it is losing its coherence, its cohesion.”

Zarif left Venezuela for Cuba on Thursday night.