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Venezuela, Belarus sign
cooperation accords
Venezuela and Belarus on Monday
signed a series of agreements on
cooperation in the fields of
technology, education and
energy, during a visit by
Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez, according to reports
from Belarus's capital Minsk on
Monday.
Chavez began an official visit
to Belarus on Sunday, the first
ever to the former Soviet
republic by a Latin American
president.
Chavez held talks with
Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko and signed a joint
declaration, in which both
leaders agreed to strengthen
consultations and cooperation in
political, technological,
educational, military, and
energy sectors.
After the visit to Belarus,
Chavez will head for Russia to
meet President Vladimir Putin
and seal a deal to buy Russian
planes and weapons.
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