"Over the course of the past year, Iran and Venezuela had very close stances and we were supportive of each other in many instances," said the Iranian official.
The Iranian Minister of Petroleum further lauded OPEC members for living up to their promises to lower their crude oil output, and said: "Non-OPEC producers have started lowering their output and have promised to bring it to the level agreed upon soon."
Venezuelan oil and foreign ministers arrived in Tehran on Tuesday evening for Tehran-Caracas new oil talks to kick off in two days.