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Ahmadinejad to tour US foes in Latin America
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under growing pressure from debilitating Western economic sanctions, started a Latin America tour on Sunday aimed at shoring up ties with his few remaining allies.
Ahmadinejad will meet fellow US foe and firebrand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a four-nation trip that coincides with rising international concern over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The Iranian leader will arrive in Caracas late Sunday, kicking off a five-day trip that will on Tuesday see him attend the inauguration of the recently re-elected Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. Stops in Cuba and Ecuador will round off the tour.
All four countries have frosty ties with the US and their leaders have in the past four years made numerous Tehran visits to build up diplomatic and business links while relations with Washington have worsened. Just before leaving Iran, Ahmadinejad said that all the countries on his itinerary “resist the oppression” of the United States and share “an anti-colonialist view,” Fars news agency reported
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under growing pressure from debilitating Western economic sanctions, started a Latin America tour on Sunday aimed at shoring up ties with his few remaining allies.
Ahmadinejad will meet fellow US foe and firebrand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a four-nation trip that coincides with rising international concern over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The Iranian leader will arrive in Caracas late Sunday, kicking off a five-day trip that will on Tuesday see him attend the inauguration of the recently re-elected Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. Stops in Cuba and Ecuador will round off the tour.
All four countries have frosty ties with the US and their leaders have in the past four years made numerous Tehran visits to build up diplomatic and business links while relations with Washington have worsened. Just before leaving Iran, Ahmadinejad said that all the countries on his itinerary “resist the oppression” of the United States and share “an anti-colonialist view,” Fars news agency reported
