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Chavez lays stone for Simon Bolivar monument in Moscow
Published: 15 October, 2010, 20:16
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, and Acting Mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin during the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of a monument to Simon Bolivar (RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok)
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, took part in the ceremonial laying of a cornerstone for a monument to Venezuelan military and political leader Simon Bolivar that will appear next year.
Military authorities of Venezuela, representatives of the Russian government, Moscow city authorities, including acting mayor Vladimir Resin and members of Moscow City Council, also took part in the ceremony. Chavez and Resin cut the ribbon together.
"It is the first stone of the monument and the next brick in building friendly relations between Moscow and Venezuela," said the acting mayor of the Russian capital.
Chavez thanked Muscovites for their hospitality and for giving "such a beautiful place" for a monument to the leader of the Latin American struggle for independence. The monument is to appear at the intersection of Vernadsky and Universitetsky Avenues.
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