Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed on Tuesday on the need for closer cooperation between the two countries and for strengthening the bilateral agreements signed in the last few years.

According to a press release issued by the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maduro and Ahmadinejad agreed "to strengthen the more than 200 agreements currently in force between both countries in the framework of the strategic friendship" linking both nations.

Maduro is in Tehran to participate in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).  

During their meeting, the two leaders reviewed the international situation; expressed the need to strengthen South-South cooperation and paid special attention to the world food crisis, according to the statement.