President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that Russia would sell weapons to its “friend” Venezuela, but did not say whether a visit by the country’s leader Hugo Chavez led to any specific arms deals. “These sorts of contracts are never signed in public,” he told reporters after meeting Chavez at a Russian presidential residence outside Moscow.
“We will supply Venezuela the weapons that Venezuela asks for. In accordance with all international law, of course,” Medvedev added. Responding to reports that Russia would sell tanks to the Latin American country, Medvedev said: “Why not tanks? Without question, we have good tanks. If our friends want our tanks, we will deliver them.”
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