President Hugo Chávez on Wednesday arrived in Lisbon as part of an European tour to sign cooperation agreements and strengthen relations with the government of Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates.

Chávez, who was coming from Belarus and Russia, met at the airport with Sócrates to talk about bilateral issues and execute several pacts.

In just eight months, this is the third time Chávez meets with Sócrates; both leaders have expressed they are willing to promote bilateral relations, mainly economic relations.