DUSHANBE
, July 24, 2008,
Asia
-Plus – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has flatly denied reports that he suggested deploying a Russian military base in Veneuzela. during his recent visit to
Moscow
. He arrived in
Portugal
late on Wednesday. He said the words that were being ascribed to him were wrong.
Chavez descrivbed these reports as part of a media war. “We travel around the globe and they plant ambushes for us,” the Venezuelan leader stressed.
“Today, the news that I had allegedly offered
Moscow
to deploy a base with Russian troops in
Venezuela
flew the world. It is as wrong as it would be if I had said that the sun was shining.
Chavez will stay in
Portugal
until Thursday. He will leave for
Spain
the next day.
