Foreign minister denies report Iran to send nukes to Cuba Venezuela

Foreign minister denies report Iran to send nukes to Cuba, Venezuela
April 18, 2006, 1:28 PM EDT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's foreign minister denied Tuesday a
local media report alleging that Iran was planning to send nuclear
missiles to Venezuela and Cuba.

The Caracas-based newspaper 2001, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence
sources, reported that Iran and Venezuela had reached a secret arms deal
to ship missiles to Venezuela and Cuba aboard oil tankers to avoid
detection from U.S. satellites and spy planes.

``It tops a chain of absurdities that have been unloaded on Venezuela in
recent years,'' Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez was quoted as saying in
an interview with the state TV broadcaster early Tuesday.

The newspaper did not give any details about how it obtained the
information, and other Venezuelan newspapers did not carry the report.

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