Venezuela, France strengthen military cooperation

French and Venezuelan Joint Chief of Staffs met for the fifth time this week in Caracas to close cooperation and initial an agenda of activities for 2009, reported military sources of both countries.

In the three-day meeting, leaded by French brigadier general Bruno Pinget and Venezuelan head of Defense Joint Chief of Staffs Julio Ramón Fernández, experiences were exchange, military units were visited and ways of operating in the Caribbean region were analyzed, reported AFP.

For General Fernández, this kind of cooperation allows the Venezuelan Armed Forces to have access to sophisticated military technology. Besides, this is the opportunity for Venezuelan military staff to have a "high level" training in France.

"It allows us to know a new technology that in the future could be highly necessary for our Armed Forces," General Fernández told AFP.

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