BOLIVIA: Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki discusses economic cooperation in La Paz

Record ID: 313730

  • Title: BOLIVIA: Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki discusses economic cooperation in La Paz
  • Date: 14th August 2009
  • Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 12, 2009) (REUTERS) (CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY) VARIOUS OF THE PALACE OF GOVERNMENT EVO MORALES, PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA AND MANUCHEHR MOTTAKI, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAKING HANDS PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF MORALES AND MOTTAKI EVO MORALES SPEAKING WITH MOTTAKI CLOSEUP OF MOTTAKI EVO MORALES STAIRCASE IN THE PALACE OF GOVERNMENT LEADING TO THE UPPER FLOORS MOTTAKI AND HIS ENTOURAGE SAYING FAREWELL TO THE MEDIA BOLIVIAN FLAG MOTTAKI AND DAVID CHOQUEHUANCA, BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DAVID CHOQUEHUANCA, BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SAYING "Once the accord was signed (a mutual cooperation accord signed between Bolivia and Iran in September 2007) we began to work on the implementation of a petrochemical industrial complex in the north of the country." MEMBERS OF THE IRANIAN DELEGATION DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MANUCHEHR MOTTAKI, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SAYING "The people and government of Iran totally support projects that help Bolivia's development and are with it's people and government." PHOTOGRAPHER DURING NEWS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF PALACE OF GOVERNMENT
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations,Economic News
  • Reuters ID: LVABH5ZG5VMD1T0WJ31A6PFGXT8M
  • Story Text: Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki meets with Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia.
    Manuchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, was in La Paz, Bolivia on Wednesday (August 12) to show his support for the government of Evo Morales.
    Relations between Bolivia and Iran have been close since the signing of a 2007 mutual cooperation accord.
    "Once the accord was signed (a mutual cooperation accord signed between Bolivia and Iran in September 2007) we began to work on the implementation of a petrochemical industrial complex in the north of the country," said David Choquehuanca, Bolivia's foreign minister. n For his part, Mottaki expressed Iran's continued commitment to support the government of President Evo Morales.
    "The people and government of Iran totally support projects that help Bolivia's development and are with it's people and government," he said.
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