Iran, Bolivia vow to strengthen anti-US front

Tue, 26 Oct 2010

Tehran - The presidents of Iran and Bolivia on Tuesday vowed to strengthen their front against the United States, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Evo Morales reportedly said during their meeting in Tehran that "under the current circumstances, imperialism was at its weakest point and it was the right time to strengthen and form an independent front against global arrogance."

"It is time for strengthening the resistance front formed by independent and freedom-seeking nations in dealing with imperialism as well as global hegemony," Ahmadinejad said, referring to the US.

"There is no doubt that strengthening of independent states will be to the benefit of global peace and security and will lead to demise of capitalism," the Iranian president added.

Morales had earlier underlined the "common revolutionary consciousness which brings the two countries closer together."

"Fighting imperialism and injustice in the world are two important aspects which will further expand relations between Iran and Bolivia," he said.

The Bolivian leader was also quoted by IRNA as saying that the two countries should cooperate in thwarting plots by enemies and reducing the vulnerability of independent states in dealing with the US.

He additionally said that Iran's political progress and industrial development would serve the welfare and development of other nations.

Morales, who arrived on Sunday night, was to discuss an earlier agreement on projects worth 1.1 billion dollars over the next five years, and another 287-million-dollar investment by Iran in Bolivia.

Morales' second visit to Iran in two years was scheduled to last three days, the news network Press TV reported.

Iran plans to invest in Bolivia's industrial, agricultural and housing sectors, including a cement factory built with Iranian and Venezuelan financial aid.

During the first leg of his visit, Morales visited a tractor manufacturing company in Tabriz, in north-western Iran, ordering 1,000 tractors and assessing the company's readiness to set up a tractor production line in Bolivia.

Morales said that Iranian tractors are especially compatible with Bolivian geographical conditions, IRNA reported.

President Ahmadinejad has in recent years boosted Iran's relations with leftist Latin American administrations in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/350518,vow-strengthen-anti-us-front.html.