Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Saturday that he is convinced military cooperation between Russia and Venezuela will continue to develop, although any decision lies with the country's leaders.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently announced plans to buy dozens of Russian tanks in response to the U.S. deployment of military bases in neighboring Colombia, aimed at curbing the country's flourishing drugs trade and the activity of FARC guerillas.
Responding to questions from journalists, during a meeting of the Russia-Venezuela Intergovernmental Commission in St. Petersburg, on possible purchases of Russian tanks by Venezuela, Sechin said, “military-technical cooperation is a sphere where the decisions are made by presidents.”
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