Paraguay seeks Iran’s help to build plant

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Paraguay: Paraguayan officials have asked for Iranian assistance in building a cement plant. The issue was raised during a meeting between Paraguayan Parliament Speaker Victor Bogado and Iran's envoy to the country's capital Asuncion, Hojjatollah Soltani.

At the meeting Bogado noted that although a private sector Paraguayan company owns the Calicia mines, which are sufficient for producing cement for two centuries, his country required Iran's expertise to build a cement production plant. He reminded fellow attendees that at present Paraguay owns several small and medium-size cement production plants, but that it still imports cement from abroad.

Iran has in recent years expanded friendly ties with Latin America. Since taking office in 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expanded Iran's cooperation with many Latin American states, including Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba. Ahmadinejad voiced Tehran's readiness to expand all-out ties and cooperation with Asuncion to his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo Mendez in March 2011.

Last modified on 28 November 2011

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