Venezuela is considering buying military cargo aircraft from Russia, following the termination of an agreement to get 12 Spanish planes, said Venezuelan presidential advisor, General Alberto Müller Rojas.

Müller, a member of the Staff of President Hugo Chávez, clarified that no decision in this regard has been made yet. However, he advanced that a Venezuelan military commission is already in Moscow to ink the purchase of 24 Sukhoi fighter planes and 53 military choppers for USD 3 billion, AFP reported.

This new purchase, in addition to the buy of 100,000 Kalashnikov AK-103 rifles and other helicopters completed last year, turned Russian into the largest weapon supplier for Venezuela.

"Buying them (the cargo aircraft) from Russia was explored. Procurement of big planes to replace the Hercules has been planned," Müller Rojas asserted.