Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is to meet in Damascus with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Traveling with Chávez on the two-day trip will be a delegation including the Venezuelan ministers of foreign affairs, industry, mining, energy, petroleum and trade. Chávez also attended celebrations in Tripoli marking Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's 40 years in power and was in Algeria for talks. The visits take place against a backdrop of Chavez's recent efforts to forge close relationships between Venezuela and Arab nations.
Chávez and his delegation are also expected in Iran, Belarus and Russia for talks.
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