Putin, Chavez Seek “Peaceful” Nuclear Program for Venezuela
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he was interested in accepting Russia’s offer of help to develop a civilian nuclear power program.
”We are certainly interested in developing nuclear energy for peaceful ends, of course for medical purposes and to generate electricity,” he said.
”Brazil has various nuclear reactors, as does Argentina,” he added after returning from a tour of China and Russia. ”We will have ours as well.”
His remarks followed comments by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday that Russia was ”ready to consider the possibility” of nuclear energy cooperation with Venezuela.