"Putin did not specify what kind of cooperation Russia could offer Venezuela in the nuclear field, but Russia is aggressively promoting itself as a builder of nuclear power plants and a supplier of fuel."
"Putin says Latin America ties to be a top priority; At home, hosts Venezuela leader" by Steve Gutterman, Associated Press | September 26, 2008
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed yesterday to make relations with Latin America a top foreign policy priority.
"Latin America is becoming a noticeable link in the chain of the multipolar world that is forming," Putin said at his residence at the start of his talks with Chavez. "We will pay more and more attention to this vector of our economic and foreign policy."
Earlier yesterday, a Kremlin official said on condition of anonymity that Russia would grant Venezuela a $1 billion credit for the purchase of Russian weaponry to help revamp its military.
Russia has signed contracts worth more than $4.4 billion with Venezuela since 2005 to supply arms including fighter jets, helicopters, and 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.
Putin did not specify what kind of cooperation Russia could offer Venezuela in the nuclear field, but Russia is aggressively promoting itself as a builder of nuclear power plants and a supplier of fuel.
Chavez, who addressed Putin as "my dear friend Vladimir," said stronger ties with Russia would help build a multipolar world - a term Russia and Venezuela use to describe their shared opposition to the perceived US global domination.
Yeah, the INVASIONS of IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN were just PERCEPTIONS, 'murkns.
Like a Clean Break, AIPAC, and PNAC never existed!!!
You can go back to you bowl of shit now, murkns.
Why don't you "perceive" that?
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