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Russian Navy Fleet
Arrives in Venezuela For
Joint Maneuvers
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Russian Navy Fleet
Arrives in Venezuela For
Joint Maneuvers
La Guaira - A Russian
navy fleet arrived on
Tuesday in Venezuela to
make naval joint
maneuvers with the
Venezuelan army.
The Russian fleet
includes the nuclear
propulsion cruiser
"Peter the Great" which
has missiles; the anti
submarines destructor
"Admiral Chabanenko,"
tank vessel "Ivan Bubnov"
and the tugboat
"SB-406."
The Russian war ships
arrived in La Guaira
port, in the state of
Vargas, 30 kilometers
north to Caracas. The
cruiser will be anchored
at high seas. Besides
the ships, Russia sent
five military aircraft.
Russian and Venezuela
fleets will make naval
maneuvers from
Wednesday, Nov. 26 till
Dec. 3. Russian naval
fleet will coincide with
the first visit of
Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev to Venezuela,
which is foreseen for
Wednesday.
Venezuelan authorities
said that the arrival of
the war ships and
Medvedev will strength
the bilateral
cooperation ties.
Venezuela chief of army
operations Luis Marquez
told reporters that the
maneuvers will include
exercises in the port
and high seas, at the
Caribbean waters.
The aim of the maneuvers
is to strength and
integrate the ties
between the fleets from
Venezuela and Russia,
Marquez added.
The maneuvers will
include aerial war,
tactics, anti drug
trafficking, anti
terrorism exercises and
transfer of material and
men at high seas,
Marquez said.
The Venezuelan units to
participate at the
maneuvers are the navy
infantry, the brigade of
special operations and
coastguard patrollers,
combat patrollers and
naval aviation.
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