Chavez to stay longer in Syria, postpones trip to Libya
Oct 22, 2010, 22:00 GMT
Tripoli/Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez decided to stay an extra day
in Syria and postponed his trip to Libya, the Venezuelan government said Friday.
Chavez had been due in Tripoli late Friday, but would instead arrive there late
Saturday to meet with Libyan leader Moamer al- Gaddafi.
On Friday, Chavez visited the St Thecla Monastery in Maloula, Syria, some 50
kilometres from Damascus, with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to
the Venezuelan government, Chavez stressed the need to make the peaceful site
better known to the general public.
The tour is also set to take Chavez to Algeria and Portugal.