Facilitating and expanding cooperation between private companies from Iran and Venezuela, as well as communications and information technologies, is one of the topics of the meetings between the minister with his counterpart and other top officials from that South American country, according to a dispatch from the official news agency IRNA circulating in this capital.

At the end of his stay in Venezuela, Hashemi, who is heading delegation that is expanding cooperation with the Caribbean countries, will travel to Cuba, where he will meet with his counterparts from Communications and Trade Development, the source added.

The visitor and hosts plan to sign a memorandum of understanding on postal cooperation between Tehran and Havana, which might significantly increase the volume of trade between the two countries, IRNA pointed out.

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