Posted on 09/26/2009 5:28:47 AM PDT by Son House
Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said Iran has been assisting Venezuela with geophysical survey flights and geochemical analysis of the deposits, and that evaluations "indicate the existence of uranium in western parts of the country and in Santa Elena de Uairen," in southeastern Bolivar state.
U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said recently that U.S. officials also have "concerns" about a possible transfer of nuclear materials between Iran and Venezuela.
But analysts say Iran, which has significant uranium deposits, currently has no need to import uranium, although those deposits may not be enough to sustain its future enrichment goals.
Sanz dismissed suggestions that Venezuela could aid Iran with its nuclear program, saying Venezuela is only aiming to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Chavez has repeatedly said that all countries should end their nuclear-weapons programs, while insisting that Iran and Venezuela have a "sovereign right" to pursue peaceful nuclear ambitions.
Chavez's project remains in its planning stages and still faces a host of practical hurdles, likely requiring billions of dollars, as well as technology and expertise that Venezuela lacks. Russia has offered to help bridge that gap, and Chavez has announced that the two countries have created an atomic energy commission.
But Sergei Novikov, a spokesman for Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, has said there are no concrete projects and that any joint work on mining deposits of uranium or the radioactive metal thorium would have to wait until Venezuela decides whether it wants Russian help exploring them and, if so, create a joint venture for the purpose.
Earlier this month, Chavez sealed a deal to export 20,000 barrels of gasoline daily to Iran, giving Tehran a cushion if the West carries out threats of fuel sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.
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^ And Obama was going to make the world a safer place?
Obama soon to have his “Bay of Pigs” moment?
Well, it’s a good thing that the U.N. brought them all together...that way all the dictators can network! This is sending chills down my spine.
Whe the ore laden vessels leave port and head into the Bermuda Triangle, time for them to become “missing” by Mark 48 torpedoes.
all the dictators can network!
^
Sure to be part of next Stimulus bill so Americans can pay for it too
Obama would never do it!
It might have been in the last one for all we know.
Obama is a push over to the rest of the world. Obama will focus on suppressing his own country.
Allowing everyone to arm against us is obamas foreign policy.
He is the man who promises peace and leaves nothing but disaster in his wake.
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