Non-Subscriber ExtractVenezuela increases military co-operation with Russia |
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28 July 2009
A Venezuelan air force Sukhoi fighter fires flares during a military parade on 24 June 2009. (Press Association)
The televised signing of the 'New Statute on Military-Technical Co-operation' followed an earlier announcement by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on 24 July that Venezuela was intending to buy enough Russian tanks to double its fleet.