Jahangiri confers with Uruguayˈs president

Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri conferred with Uruguay’s President José Mujica in Bolivia on Sunday evening.

According to IRNA, during the meeting on the sidelines of the Group-77 plus China Summit in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, the two sides underlined the need for the further expansion of relations.
Iran has in recent years expanded friendly ties with Latin America, specially in economic, trade and industrial fields.
Iran’s strong and rapidly growing ties with Latin America, specially with Venezuela, have raised eyebrows in the US and its western allies since Tehran and Latin nations have forged an alliance against the imperialist and colonialist powers and are striving hard to reinvigorate their relations with the other independent countries which pursue a line of policy independent from the US.
José Alberto ˈPepeˈ Mujica Cordano born May 20, 1935 has been President of Uruguay since 2010.
A former guerrilla fighter and a member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards.