Posted on 08/31/2006 7:38:43 AM PDT by blam
Chávez rolls into Damascus to charm another US foe
Albert Aji in Damascus
Thursday August 31, 2006
The Guardian (UK)
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, said yesterday he and Syria would "build a new world" free from US domination. "We have decided to be free. We want to cooperate to build a new world where states' and people's self-determination are respected," Mr Chávez said after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with the Syrian president, Bashar Assad, at his presidential palace in Damascus.
"Imperialism's concern is to control the world, but we will not let them despite the pressure and aggression," the Venezuelan leader said.
Speaking at Damascus airport on his arrival late on Tuesday, Mr Chávez said both countries agreed to stand up to the United States. "We have the same political vision and we will resist together the American imperialist aggression," he said. Pictures of Mr Chávez and Mr Assad lined the streets of downtown Damascus, and thousands of Syrians waved banners and Venezuelan flags as Mr Chávez drove to his meeting with Mr Assad.
With Mr Chávez and Mr Assad looking on, delegates from the two countries signed 13 political and economic agreements.
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