mrchat,
Thats nice. So what? On Oct 12, 7:46 am, mrchat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > news bywww.mrchat.net > > TRIPOLI > Russian warships, bound for Venezuela for joint naval exercises next > month put in Saturday at the Libyan port of Tripoli for refueling. > > The rare visit by the Russian warships to the port of Tripoli was the > latest signal of warming ties between Libya and Russia, Librya's main > backer during the Soviet era. The warships, led by the nuclear-powered > heavy missile cruiser Peter the Great, left their home base on Sept. > 22 in a show of strength by Moscow as it forges links with Caracas. > > Libya was seen as a rogue state by Washington until it agreed to give > up a weapons of mass destruction program. > > Last month U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader > Moammar Qaddhafi in Tripoli, the first such visit in 55 years. > > Libya wants to expand ties with Russia which it sees as counterbalance > to U.S. influence in the Mediterranean region. > > Vladimir Putin, when Russian President, visited Libya in April to > strengthen energy ties with the OPEC member and discuss the > possibility of Russian cooperation in building an atomic power plant > in Libya. > > Putin said Libya was also seeking to buy Russian weapons. > > Russia and Venezuela announced their joint military exercises last > month amid high tensions between Moscow and Washington and Russian > irritation at the presence of U.S. warships near Russian waters in the > Black Sea. > > The exercises with Venezuela will be closely watched by Western navies > as the first such projection of Russian power close to U.S. shores > since the demise of the Soviet Union. > > full news > > http://www.mrchat.net/news/latest/russian-warships-visit-libya-on-way... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
