MNA � The Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has held a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart on a visit to the Latino American country.

The Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has travelled to Venezuela at the head of a delegation to attend the inauguration ceremony of Nicolas Maduro.

On the second day of his visit, Hatami met and held talks with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino L�pez.

During the meeting, the two ministers reviewed the history of bilateral defense cooperation and agreed to reach a comprehensive road map using all the opportunities available to increase bilateral cooperation.

The Iranian defense minister also invited Padrino L�pez to pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Venezuelan defense minister, for his part, expressed his happiness with the participation of a delegation from the brotherly and friendly country of Iran in the presidential inauguration in Venezuela, calling the Iranian defense minister�s visit a 'turning point' in the bilateral relations between the two countries.