Venezuela gets large benefits from agreements with Russia and Uruguay

Apr 08. ABN.- Venezuela gets large benefits in diverse fields thanks to the agreements endorsed recently with Russia and Uruguay, said the President of the Integral Sub Committee for Border Affairs of the National Assembly, Dep. Hayden Pirela.

The parliamentarian highlighted, among the agreements established with the European country, the possibility of renewing a fleet of commercial airplanes with the creation of a joint venture to supply airplanes spare parts, in which Venezuela will hold 51 percent of the shares. This agreement wil benefit the entire Latin America.

Pirela added that, through the Venezuelan state-owned oil company Pdvsa, the country will constitute with Russia a company to build tank vessels, looking for more autonomy for oil transportation.

In reference to the military defense agreements, Pirela underlined that Venezuela has the right to request from countries like Russia, China and Brazil the equipment that the United States refuse to sell us, such as spare parts for the aircrafts F-16 and Hercules.

In response to the counterrevolutionary voices stating that Venezuela is promoting an alleged arms race in the region, the Dep. said: “I invite Venezuelans to check Colombian armament using as excuse the drug trafficking combat.”

Moreover, he said that Venezuela endorsed with Russia important agreements on other fields such as education and culture, including revalidation of university degrees, and agreements to import vehicles, as well as with Uruguay.

Pirela also mentioned that accord on coke combustion with Russia will add 500 megawatts of generation, which are really important in the face of the electric emergency lived in the country.

Likewise, the Venezuelan Deputy talked about the agreements endorsed with Uruguay, such as the importation of 120 metric tons of chicken per month, for a total of 1,440 tons per year.

Furthermore, he stressed that the most important thing beyond these agreements is the integration of the peoples.

In addition, talking about the next visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao to Venezuela, Pirela considered that the Bolivarian Government “is in the right path,” regarding its international relations.

Finally, he made a call to population to not let themselves be manipulated by media campaigns in the country.

The Washington Post has become a warmongering pamphlet against Venezuela

Apr 08 ABN.- The Washington Post newspaper has become into a warmongering pamphlet, since it boosts the United States meddling in Venezuela’s domestic affairs, stated the head of the foreign board commission of Venezuela’s Parliament, Roy Daza.

On Wednesday’s edition, the mentioned US newspaper released a leading article titled Mr. Chavez’ weapons, in which it asks the US President Barack Obama to not ignore “the Hugo Chavez Administration’s arms race.”

They affirm that when journalists asked the US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley for a reaction at Venezuela’s purchase of Russian weapons, his first answer was “We don’t care.”

According to the newspaper, that answer “was all too indicative of the continued complacency with which the Obama administration regards the political, economic and human rights meltdown underway in a major US oil supplier.”

In this connection, the Venezuelan Deputy expressed that “The Washington Post behaves as a warmongering pamphlet since it makes warmongering propaganda against the Venezuelan State, which is a democratic and independent State.”

“It seems like the United States does not understand that the 200 years of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence actually mean that we are a free nation and that we do not rely on any Government to take our own decisions,” stated Daza.

Similarly, he added that Venezuela’s purchase of Russian-made defense weapons is a sovereign and legitimate action.

“Such affair is an exclusive responsibility of our Government, so no newspaper neither any government should meddle,” he stressed.

Daza reminded that Venezuela has strengthened and branched out its international relations. “there is a variety of international support for Venezuela, while the United States’ foreign policy is being isolated and bogged down on the wars it fosteres,” said Deputy Roy Daza.

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