Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is scheduled to leave Tehran for Latin America this week. The visit is aimed at developing bilateral ties with the different Latino states, including Venezuela.

Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are due to convene in Vienna as of April 30 to May 11 to attend a provisional meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) revision, Iran’s permanent representative to the IAEA Ali Asqar Soltanieh said.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will pay a visit to Iran in the next few months, the country’s ambassador to Tehran said here on Saturday.