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Chavez says had open-air conversation with Fidel drng visit to Cuba
CARACAS, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke for about five hours all in all during the president's working visit to Cuba, Czavez told reporters Tuesday shotly before departure from Havana airport.
"We spent almost three hours talking in the garden yesterday and two
hours today," he said.
In the course of the second meeting, both men analyzed the progress of
cooperation in the energy sector, the buildup of oil refining and oil
production facilities, and development of the petrochemical industry,"
Chavez said.
An increase in the output of farming produce was discussed in the
context of the global food crisis.
"Even the smallest plots of fertile land can be used for the purpose,"
Chavez said.
He also mentioned other meetings held in the course of his visit,
saying they were aimed at broadening cooperation between the two friendly
nations.
Cuba and Venezuela have one and the same revolution, Chavez said.
"Relations between our two countries are profound and radical at the
same time, as they extend far beyond the limits of a formal relationship,"
he said.
This was the first time since January that Cuban TV showed Castro on
footage filmed during the talks.
Fidel looked pale but much stronger than on previous occasions when he
had appeared on TV.
He made emotional gestures with his hands as they spoke.
Fidel was dressed in a warmup suit, which he wore above his hospital
pajamas, and its coloring resembled the colors of Cuba's national flag.
According to the TV, Chavez said "We'll win, we'll always be
victorious" as he bid good-bye to his friend.
The television report said the two leaders agreed that the ongoing
food crisis attaches "strategic significance" to the issues of
agricultural production.
The previous time the Cubans could see their all-tome leader on
television was January 16. He received the visiting Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio da Silva Lula.
Fidel said February 18 he had no plans for taking the country's
highest post anymore due to health reasons.
His brother Raul was elected Chairman of Cuba's State Council at a
session of parliament of the new convocation, a post that according to the
country's constitution is equivalent of a presidential post.
"We spent almost three hours talking in the garden yesterday and two
hours today," he said.
In the course of the second meeting, both men analyzed the progress of
cooperation in the energy sector, the buildup of oil refining and oil
production facilities, and development of the petrochemical industry,"
Chavez said.
An increase in the output of farming produce was discussed in the
context of the global food crisis.
"Even the smallest plots of fertile land can be used for the purpose,"
Chavez said.
He also mentioned other meetings held in the course of his visit,
saying they were aimed at broadening cooperation between the two friendly
nations.
Cuba and Venezuela have one and the same revolution, Chavez said.
"Relations between our two countries are profound and radical at the
same time, as they extend far beyond the limits of a formal relationship,"
he said.
This was the first time since January that Cuban TV showed Castro on
footage filmed during the talks.
Fidel looked pale but much stronger than on previous occasions when he
had appeared on TV.
He made emotional gestures with his hands as they spoke.
Fidel was dressed in a warmup suit, which he wore above his hospital
pajamas, and its coloring resembled the colors of Cuba's national flag.
According to the TV, Chavez said "We'll win, we'll always be
victorious" as he bid good-bye to his friend.
The television report said the two leaders agreed that the ongoing
food crisis attaches "strategic significance" to the issues of
agricultural production.
The previous time the Cubans could see their all-tome leader on
television was January 16. He received the visiting Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio da Silva Lula.
Fidel said February 18 he had no plans for taking the country's
highest post anymore due to health reasons.
His brother Raul was elected Chairman of Cuba's State Council at a
session of parliament of the new convocation, a post that according to the
country's constitution is equivalent of a presidential post.
