Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yvan Gil, attends funeral of President Raisi

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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil attended the state funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the members of the entourage who died on Sunday, May 19, in a helicopter crash. In this circumstances, the Foreign Minister gave an exclusive interview to Iranian HispanTV, where he highlighted the mutual cooperation of these two nations in the last 2 decades. teleSUR  Visit our website: https://www.telesurenglish.net/ Watch our videos here: https://videos.telesurenglish.net/en

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00:00 Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil attended the funeral of President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign

00:04 Minister of Horecín Amin Abdullah Hayan and the members of the entourage who died on Sunday,

00:08 May 19, in a helicopter accident.

00:11 Social Media X, the head of Venezuelan diplomacy, said he was attending the state funeral on

00:15 behalf of President Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan people.

00:19 He pointed out that both are honoring the life and legacy of an outstanding global leader

00:24 and defender of the anti-imperialist peoples.

00:26 He added that Venezuela reiterates its commitment to friendship and solidarity with Iran, remaining

00:31 a faithful and constant ally.

00:32 The state funeral, attended by heads of state, foreign ministers and political representatives

00:36 from different parts of the world, is headed by Mohamed Mofber, who was first vice president

00:42 of the Raisi cabinet and now is the acting president.

00:50 In this context, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil gave an exclusive interview to Iranian

00:55 Spam TV media.

00:57 He highlighted the country's ties with Iran and described their mutual cooperation over

01:01 the last two decades as "historic" while portraying its long-term vision for relations

01:05 with the Islamic nation.

01:07 During the interview, the Foreign Affairs Minister further lamented the death of President

01:11 Ibrahim Raisi, the Iranian Foreign Minister and their comrades.

01:21 President Raisi and President Maduro have been working very intensively for the last

01:24 two years.

01:26 In the year 2022, in June 2022, here in Tehran, a strategic alliance was signed, a 20-year

01:33 strategic cooperation program between Iran and Venezuela, a vision for the future, so

01:39 we are strategic partners and we have a long-term vision of relations.

01:44 During the interview with Spam TV, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil reported on new

01:48 forms of cooperation between Venezuela and Iran.

01:53 We planned with the foreign ministers this coming Saturday a meeting or a negotiation

01:58 table here in Tehran precisely to advance in all political aspects, economic agreements.

02:05 Cooperation is going to take place and is scheduled to be held in Caracas soon.

02:09 The joint cooperation commission where all projects, energy projects, air transport,

02:13 maritime transport, agriculture, education, are in the framework.

02:18 The cultural issue has also been advancing very strongly because Venezuela and Iran are

02:23 two countries with a truly multicultural and complementary culture.

02:29 More and more in Venezuela, the Persian culture is perceived and is valued.

02:32 It is already learned by Venezuelans and Latin culture is also increasingly being sought

02:37 in Iran.

02:38 It has an important presence, that is to say, we complement each other.

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