Interesting to see that the mining industry was a priority item on Chavez's agenda when in Russia.
Russian and Venezuelan presidents will talk about military and economic cooperation in Moscow
The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez, on a visit here, maintained a meeting this Friday in which he is expected to address its economic and military cooperation, reported local media.
The fuel sector and the energy and mining industry are priority items on the agenda, as well as cooperation in military technology and joint projects of rail and air transport, revealed a source at the Kremlin quoted by Russian news agency Itar - Tass, which added that the presidents witness a military exercise together after the meeting.
The Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin assured him to Chavez, who is here for a working visit of two days, that Moscow will consider cooperating with Venezuela for the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
"We are ready to consider opportunities for cooperation in the use of atomic energy ... which could be extended to a third market," said Putin during their meeting Thursday afternoon with Chavez, quoted by Itar-Tass.
The Russian prime minister stressed that the Russian energy giant Gazprom will begin drilling operations in the Gulf of Venezuela in late October.
In addition, Putin promised that Russia would continue to cooperate with Venezuela in the field of military technology will be implemented comprehensively and that the cooperation agreements between the naval forces of both countries.
Four Russian warships departed on Monday from the main base of the Northern Fleet of the Russian navy to join a joint exercise in Venezuela, after another joint operation by Russian bombers in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
Earlier, a source at the Kremlin had said that Russia would make him a loan of one billion U.S. dollars to Venezuela for the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in military technology, under which Moscow and Caracas have signed contracts valued at 4400 million dollars in two years.
"Latin America is becoming an obvious link in the whole chain of the emerging multipolar world," Putin said, according to the media. (Xinhua)
27/09/2008