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Venezuela's Chavez to hold talks in Angola
AFP
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Petroleumworld.com 08 31 06
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will pay a brief visit to Luanda on Thursday where he will hold talks with his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos, official media said.
The pair will discuss a series of issues including oil production, the director of the American Issues Office of the Angolan Foreign Affairs Ministry, Balbina da Silva, said.
He is the first Venezuelan head of state to visit Angola since the southern African country's independence from Portugal in 1975, she said.
The two countries are becoming increasingly important players in the global oil market, with Venezuela producing 3.27 million barrels a day while Angola is on course to produce two million bpd by 2007.
Other topics expected to be discussed are reform of the United Nations and the situation in the Middle East, da Silva added.
Chavez has been attempting to drum up support for a rotating seat for Venezuela on the United Nations Security Council over opposition from the United States.
AFP 30 1706 GMT 08 06
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