President Ahmadinejad Starts Latin American Tour

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading a delegation, left Tehran for Venezuela as the first leg of his four-nation Latin American tour which will later take him to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, respectively, on Sunday morning. During the visits, the Iranian President is scheduled to exchange views with leaders of those countries on issues of mutual interests as well as regional and global developments. Other issues such as Middle East, North Africa and economic crises in Europe and the US will be on the agenda of the President's bilateral talks./end