Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow on October 14 on a two-day visit and held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow on October 14 for talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow on October 14 for talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankChavez's two-day visit is part of his international tour, which also includes Belarus, Ukraine and Iran.
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Chavez's two-day visit is part of his international tour, which also includes Belarus, Ukraine and Iran.
© POOL / Go to the mediabankChavez had dinner with Medvedev in the Russian president's residence in Gorki just outside Moscow.
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Chavez had dinner with Medvedev in the Russian president's residence in Gorki just outside Moscow.
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The two leaders discussed pressing bilateral issues.
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This is Chavez' ninth visit to Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankThe two leaders, along with delegations from each of their countries, continued high-level talks in the Kremlin on October 15.
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The two leaders, along with delegations from each of their countries, continued high-level talks in the Kremlin on October 15.
© POOL / Go to the mediabank"We are moving on to new agreements on a wide range of projects," Medvedev said during talks in Moscow. "We have a strategic partnership, we are close friends."
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"We are moving on to new agreements on a wide range of projects," Medvedev said during talks in Moscow. "We have a strategic partnership, we are close friends."
© POOL / Go to the mediabankMedvedev said Venezuela acted "like a real friend" when it followed Russia in recognizing the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2009.
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Medvedev said Venezuela acted "like a real friend" when it followed Russia in recognizing the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2009.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankBefore the talks Hugo Chaves, foreground right, attended the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of a monument to Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan national hero.
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Before the talks Hugo Chaves, foreground right, attended the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of a monument to Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan national hero.
© POOL / Go to the mediabankAn agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country as part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to Moscow.
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An agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country as part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to Moscow.
© POOL / Go to the mediabankAn agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country as part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to Moscow
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An agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country as part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to Moscow
© POOL / Go to the mediabankChavez presented the Russian president with a package of Venezuelan sweets and a jar of banana jam.
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Chavez presented the Russian president with a package of Venezuelan sweets and a jar of banana jam.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankRussia may invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the cultivation of bananas in Venezuela, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
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Russia may invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the cultivation of bananas in Venezuela, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.