Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived here on Sunday on a one-day official visit to the country. The Venezuelan president was officially welcomed at Mehrabad International Airport by Minister of Mines and Metals, Eshaq Jahangiri. According to informed sources, Chavez is due to meet his Iranian counterpart President Mohammad Khatami to discuss avenues to help increase oil price. Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Alfonso Davila and some other senior officials of the country are accompanying President Chavez in his visit to Tehran. President Khatami, in a telephone conversation with President Chavez last week, called on member states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to join hands to prevent a steep fall in oil prices.