Venezuela says third diesel shipment sent to Syria

[Zorro]

Venezuela has sent a third shipment of diesel to Syria, the energy minister said on Friday, underscoring President Hugo Chavez's support of the Middle East country despite its intensified crackdown on protesters.

Earlier this year, Venezuela's government said it had sent at least two shipments of fuel to Syria, potentially undermining Western sanctions as a rare supplier to the increasingly isolated regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

A lawmaker from Chavez's socialist party said in March that another shipment was being prepared and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez confirmed that it had been sent.

"We've provided some supplies to Syria. We're willing to help," Ramirez told reporters. "We've sent three shipments (and) they haven't needed any more than that."

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[UnrepentantLiberal]

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