Iran's Raisi in Nicaragua on 2nd leg of his Latin America tour

President Raisi, who arrived in Managua early on June 14, is visiting the Latin American country at the invitation of his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega, IRNA reports.

During his two-day stay in Caracas, the Iranian president held talks with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, and senior delegations of the two states signed 19 cooperation agreements in various fields.

President Raisi, at the head of a high-ranking eco-political delegation, departed for three Latin American countries of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba early on Monday to strengthen relations with the friendly states.

Prior to his departure, the president had described the Islamic Republic’s relations with the independent Latin American countries as “strategic.”