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Venezuela sells petrol to Iran to reinforce front against US |
| Home | (The Guardian) - Venezuela is to sell petrol to Iran to alleviate its ally's crippling fuel shortage and to bolster their common front against the US, it was announced yesterday. President Hugo Chávez made the promise during a visit to Tehran where he pledged an "axis of unity" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Venezuela's oil minister, Rafael Ramirez, who was part of the visiting delegation. "Yes, Iranians have asked to buy gasoline from us and we have accepted this demand," he told the Iranian daily newspaper Shargh, without elaborating. |