BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/07/2006

Venezuela, Belarus initial seven agreements

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko Monday signed seven agreements, including military cooperation, the Venezuelan official news agency ABN reported.

The rulers initialed a joint statement at the headquarters of the Belarusian Presidency, following a meeting where Chavez expressed interest in bilateral integration.

Both countries signed a memorandum of understanding for political consultations, and inked pacts on military cooperation, scientific and technological cooperation, a pact on petrochemicals and energy, and an agreement on agriculture, DPA informed.

Lukashenko said he was in sympathy with Chavez' Government. The Venezuelan President became the first Latin American ruler to visit Belarus since 1991, when it declared independence from the former Soviet Union.

Source:

http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/07/25/en_eco_art_25A751809.shtml

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