Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in the Cuba capital, Havana, on Thursday morning on the last leg of his tour of Latin America.







The president of Iran traveled to Cuba on the final leg of a three-nation tour of Latin America.

Raisi and his entourage arrived in Havana on Wednesday night, after visiting Venezuela and Nicaragua.

In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described Iran and Cuba as pioneers of the development of regional convergence.

He said Iran and Cuba can provide opportunities for each other for presence in the coalitions formed in the two sides of the world.

“The focus of cooperation (between Iran and Cuba) would be on biotechnological, technical, medical and energy fields,” Amir-Abdollahian stated.

In comments before commencing his tour on Monday, President Raisi hailed the strategic ties between Iran and independent countries in Latin America, saying what the Islamic Republic has in common with them is the spirit of resistance against the hegemonic powers.

President Ebrahim Raisi had left Tehran for a tour of three Latin American countries, saying they share Iran’s views on opposing hegemony and unilateralism.

That was Raisi’s 13th foreign trip during almost two years that have passed since he was elected Iran’s president

By Mehr