FM Amirabdollahian underlined the need for expansion of bilateral ties, including the follow-up for the two countries' collaborations in energy, technology and high-tech as well as the enhancement of interactions.
The Venezuelan vice minister, for her part, emphasized the importance of women’s role in all countries, saying that the influential women's congress in Tehran showed that the position of women in Iran is very highlighted and admirable.
The First International Congress for the Women of Influence was held in the capital Tehran on Friday, and female participants from 96 countries of five continents took part in the event.
Wives of presidents of Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan, and Serbia as well as wives of former presidents of Guinea and Niger, special envoy of the first lady of Nigeria, the former first lady of Sri Lanka, special envoy of the Syrian president, head of the central council of women in Turkmenistan and wife of Armenia’s prime minister took part in the international congress.
Some 300 foreign guests, including 70 female officials and influential figures such as ministers, vice presidents and members of parliaments, traveled to Iran to attend the event and listen to Iranian women’s real voices on the ground contrary to the negative propaganda campaign of the Western media outlets.
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