BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/03/2010

Venezuela, Belarus sign bilateral cooperation agreements

FOCUS News Agency

Caracas. Venezuela and Belarus on Wednesday signed a series of bilateral agreements on energy, construction, agro-industry and trade, Xinhua informs.

Among the 22 agreements signed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, the two countries agreed on a daily sale of 80,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to Belarus and allocate three fields in the Orinoco Oil Strip.

Both sides decided to expand a program, which originally planned to build 5,000 houses in Aragua state, about 100 km west of the capital city Caracas. They have agreed that 10,000 more houses will be built in Barinas state, 710 km southwest of Caracas.

The two countries also agreed to create commercial offices in each other's capital city, in a bid to facilitate the distribution of products.

Lukashenko arrived in Venezuela on Monday for his second visit to the country.

Belarus and Venezuela now have 70 cooperation agreements and bilateral trade stood at 200 million U.S. dollars in 2009.

Source:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n213515


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