BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

19/09/2006

Belarus, Venezuela sign $1 b. military contract

Belarus has signed a military cooperation agreement with Venezuela worth 1 billion dollars.

This information was announced Monday in Minsk, revealing no further details, except that agreement in the oil exploitation filed had been signed too. Belarusian Security Council State Secretary Viktor Sheiman said the agreement "would secure commissions to dozens of Belarusian companies involved in military equipment production for many years to come".

At the press conference dedicated to his visit to Venezuela on 7-8 September, Sheiman declined to comment as to what Belarus's exports to Venezuela would consist of.

Source:

http://www.mrt.com.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1142&Itemid=26

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