Chavez and Chirac affirm 'common vision', deeper ties

[tocqueville]

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

PARIS (AFP) - Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Jacques Chirac of France met in Paris and agreed to further develop their already close ties.

The meeting, which officials of both countries hailed, was expected to raise hackles in Washington, which is particularly at odds with the leader of oil-rich Venezuela.

During their hour-long meeting "the two presidents examined bilateral economic relations and in particular looked at issues concerning, oil, energy, infrastructure and tourism," Chirac's spokesman Jerome Bonnafont said.

"They decided to set up an organised mechanism for dialogue to further develop economic and industrial cooperation between the two countries," he added

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051019/wl_afp/venezuelachavezfrance_051019222752

[McKenzie]

1. paging Mr Blair...

you missed the boat. The North Sea oil production is declining...wake up Tony...

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[SammyWinstonJack]

8. He won't take it, he'll bomb 'em!

That's what Pinhead** does. Or maybe, he'll sic O'Liely and Pat Robertson on them. :rofl:

[marmar]

3. The rest of the world is making alliances...

and going about its business without the U.S.

[CatBoreal]

4. Aaawwww.... shucky darn....

...yet another reason for the Rethugs to hate the French....

Pass the red wine a the baguette please.

[aquart]

5. Anyone still think terra! is the big problem?

[Selatius]

6. 200 years ago we were in Venezuela's position

We were fighting against the tyranny of another empire, and we courted this very same country for help.

[Rex]

7. They are both socialist countries, so why would this surprise anyone?

Oh yeah, I forget we have morans running America. :(

[Taxloss]

10. Chirac is no socialist. He's to the right. n/t

[Rex]

12. I mean the country, not just Chirac.

France is more likely to like Chavez's ideology than Bush's.

[Taxloss]

13. Oh, sorry, I get you.

Hell, the UK is fairly right-wing on the whole and I still think it's closer to Chavez than Bush.

[LittleClarkie]

9. I finally realized who he reminds me of physically at least

and to a certain populist extent, though most here would disagree.

[meow mix]

11. oh good a chavez thread, cue the commie-shouters

lets hear about thier designs on destroying us. LOL