Former Argentine President meets Venezuelan government officials

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin has held meetings with several Venezuelan officials including Executive Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel during a visit to Venezuela to discuss the current political situation in the country.

Foreign (MRE) Minister Roy Chaderton Matos was also present at the meeting, and stressed that the former President was in Venezuela to see for himself what was going on.

Chaderton told reporters that Alfonsin "is a friend of Venezuela and has a broad knowledge of Venezuelan democracy.

The talks are also thought to have involved the sharing of political management experiences between the Venezuelans and Argentineans.

The visit comes just days after Rangel visited Buenos Aires as part of a whistle stop tour of many Latin American countries to inform then on the Venezuelan situation.