Bolivia's leftwing president, Evo Morales, has left on a trip to Libya and Iran to reinforce diplomatic ties with those two countries.
The Bolivian foreign ministry said he was to be in Libya on Saturday and Sunday, bewore travelling on to Iran on Monday. La Paz and Tehran established diplomatic relations in September 2007 when Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Bolivia to sign trade and energy accords. Bolivia opened diplomatic relations with Libya two weeks ago. Within Latin America, Bolivia has aligned itself with Venezuela and Cuba, and rejects US influence in the region.
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