Video- Iran, Venezuela hold joint commission summit http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/2011/09/23/video-iran-venezuela-hold-joint-commission-summit/

Ahead of the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an Iranian commission from the Ministry for Roads and Urban Development and other bodies from this country are in Caracas to meet their Venezuelan counterparts at the Yellow House of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.For two days, the 7th Iran-Venezuela Joint Commission will review the progress of bi-lateral co-operation and assess the areas in which it can be extended. The construction of houses with Iranian technology for one of the most ambitious housing projects of the Venezuelan government was one of the topics of greatest prominence.

The Vice-Chancellor for Asia, the Middle East, and y Oceania, Temir Porras, expressed that the co-operation projects between the two nations are working very well. At the same time, he praised the strengthening of relations in the energy field, given that both Iran and Venezuela are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

As the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has detailed, the Commission is organized in nine working desks for the sectors of industry, mines and commerce; housing and transport; finance; agriculture; hydrocarbons, environment, electric energy, and social affairs, where official delegations and more than 30 Iranian companies have taken part. Iran has become one of Venezuela’s most important allies. Both countries have agreed that the work they do in many fields comes to achieve the common goal of breaking from imperialism.