Speaking to reporters in Tehran today, Cuban Ambassador to Tehran Vladimir Andres Gonzalez Quesada referred to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's invitation to his Cuban counterpart for a visit to Tehran, and said, "The trip will likely be taken next year (2017)."
He also added that Qalibaf will also travel to Havana next month to meet his counterpart.
Noting that Iran and Cuba have further developed their bilateral ties in the past three months, Quesada said, "Trade relations between the two countries have remained leveled off in the past few years due to the sanctions against both nations, but we have tried to maintain our trade ties despite the US pressures during these years."
Iran has been seeking to broaden ties and cooperation with Latin American states, including Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
Iran's strong and rapidly growing ties with Latin America 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.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif traveled to Havana in August.
In a meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in Havana, Zarif underlined that Iran and Cuba have good track record in fighting the US imperialism.
"Iran and Cuba could prove to the US that it cannot proceed with its policies through exerting pressure on other countries," Zarif said.
He reiterated that the Iranian people also proved to the big powers that the sanctions cannot distance them from their policies and outlooks.
"Now the time is ripe for realizing our common goals together and implement the resistance economy in Iran and materialize (Cuban leader Fidel) Castro's goals of reconstruction of Cuban economy," Zarif added.
By Fars News Agency
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