Russia, Venezuela in new pacts, ‘counterweight’ to US cited

AFP
Friday, Sept 26, 2008

Russia said Friday it would bolster ties with Venezuela as the leaders of the two states met amid what the Kremlin described as efforts to forge a “solid counterweight” to the United States.

“Today we will sign a series of agreements to strengthen our cooperation,” President Dmitry Medvedev said as he greeted his fiercely anti-US Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez.

The Russian president did not provide details on the agreements to be signed but described them as “multi-faceted” and stated: “I mean cooperation in the economic and military spheres.”

The leaders were expected to sign two specific energy agreements at their meeting, a Kremlin spokeswoman said.

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Medvedev’s spoke after Chavez, making his third visit to Russia since June 2007, met outside Moscow late Thursday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who offered Russian help for developing nuclear power in Venezuela.

Chavez’s visit to Russia came amid tension in the Russian-US relationship that soared in the wake of the conflict last month between Russia and Georgia, a US ally geographically situated in a vital energy transport area.

Speaking through a translator, Chavez thanked his “friend” Medvedev and reiterated his backing for Russia’s recent actions in Georgia.

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5 Responses to “Russia, Venezuela in new pacts, ‘counterweight’ to US cited”

SeaBottomDweller Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Well, if it’s a matter of weight, USA would remain the undefeated champ…lol…
rich Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Russia is buddying up with countries close to the US as the US is doing the same to Russia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5xGLS6eUY
mythicShadow Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 7:01 am
did you miss the fact that they signed an energy agreement. doncha think it would be nice to have some competition with OPEC? maybe then the price would reflect the market.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=X4rD6muiCd4
Jack Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 8:22 am
The USA President was so busy giving Medals and having dinner with the Pope the leader of the Catholics pedophiles that he did not notice about the Russian and Venezuela new pacts. I wonder if the USA President will hunt down the Pope like Osama Bin Ladden?
Who Cares Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Translatior – when Russia sells ‘nuclear power’ what they R really peddling is nuke bombs. There is no such thing as a profitable nuclear power plant. It takes more energy 2 produce the uranium than the value of the electricity sold. The purpose is merely 2 recover some of the loss on the lower-grade ‘waste’ uranium by generating heat with it (converted 2 electricity via steam turbines), & help conceal nuclear weapons programs.

Russia already has enough bombs 2 wipe out every nation on Earth, so nobody is gonna’ attack them. Their bombs also have much higher yield than American ones as they need it due 2 less accurate guidance systems (just drop the bomb somewhere within 30 miles, instead of a window yes? LOL)

Must admit this writer is a bit odd: “Chavez’s visit to Russia came amid tension in the Russian-US relationship that soared in the wake of the conflict last month between Russia and Georgia, a US ally geographically situated in a vital energy transport area.”

Should have wrote: “Chavez visit occured as Russia asserted through the Georgia conflict that America will not be permitted to transport Iranian oil through Georgia if their nuclear customer Iran is attacked.” (’cuz that, of course, is what’s really going on!)