AP/ Continuing his tour of Eastern Europe, in Belarus President Hugo Chavez says it "would feel no shortages of oil in the next 200 years."
In March, he agreed to ship 80,000 barrels of heavy crude there daily.
President Alexander Lukashenko, whom critics label "Europe's last dictator," wants to diversify energy sources away from dependence on Russia.
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