TEHRAN, Iran, June, 1
Trend:
Iran will continue to provide fuel shipments to Venezuela, if Caracas requests more supplies, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said at a weekly press conference, Trend reports.
"Iran has the free trade right with Venezuela, and we are ready to send more ships there," Mousavi said.
The Iranian fuel tankers began arriving in Venezuela last week under the protection of Venezuelan military forces, with the fifth cargo reportedly arriving on Sunday.
Venezuela’s oil sector has been acutely damaged by years of political and economic instability. Iran says the fuel shipment provided to Venezuela is about 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and petrochemical components.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Economic Diplomacy Affairs Gholamreza Ansari said on Sunday that Iran and Venezuela will continue their cooperation on downstream and oil sectors.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a message termed the shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela as a sign of Tehran's solidarity with Caracas.