TEHRAN – Iran and Venezuela have opened a joint innovation center to promote the market of the Iranian technological achievements in Latin America, an official said.
“One of the important steps taken to develop technological diplomacy in the 13th government was the establishment of centers for the supply of Iran’s technological capabilities in the neighboring, friendly and allied countries, and therefore, during the (late) president’s visit to Venezuela last year, the two governments signed an agreement to establish a joint innovation and technology center between Iran and Venezuela in Caracas,” said Amir Hussein Mirabadi, the head of the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Development Organization of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.
“This center operates similar to the model and structure of Iran’s innovation and technology houses, and will be a platform for the supply of Iran’s knowledge-based, technological and creative capabilities,” he added.
Noting that the center is named as ‘Iran-Venezuela Joint Innovation and Technology Center’, Mirabadi said, “Among the actions that are going to be carried out in the framework of this center are the establishment of a permanent exhibition of knowledge-based products and advanced technologies in Venezuela, the establishment of an Iranian knowledge-based company that will take on projects in Venezuela, holding joint training courses by Iranian experts for Venezuelan experts and having assembly and production workshops in this location.”
In March, Mirabadi said Iran was trying to become Venezuela’s partner in the field of science and technology, particularly in the telecommunications area.