Putin to visit Venezuela
CARACAS - Vladimir Putin will visit
Venezuela on Friday, Hugo Chavez said on
Tuesday.
A statement of the Venezuelan Foreign
Ministry said that Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev confirmed Putin's visit to
Venezuela during a phone call with Chavez.
The Venezuelan leader expressed his sorrow
for the victims of the subway attacks in
Moscow during the phone conversation.
The statement said that during the
conversation, Medvedev said Putin's visit to
Venezuela is an opportunity to move ahead on
the cooperation mechanisms between the two
countries on energy, industry, agriculture,
defense and other areas.
Medvedev also invited Chavez to visit Moscow
again in order to strengthen the true
friendship between both presidents and the
strategic alliance between both countries.
Both presidents agreed to discuss a date for
a meeting between them, according to the
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