Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbón Sunday in Buenos Aires met with President Hugo Chávez "in total normalcy," Monday said official Spanish sources in the Argentinean capital.

Their meeting -which was the first following an impasse between Chávez and King Juan Carlos I during the 17th Ibero-American Summit in Chile- took place late Sunday, before a dinner party the Argentinean government offered to the heads of State and Government visiting the country to attend the inauguration on Monday of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as the President of Argentina.

The source disclosed that was Chávez -with total normalcy- addressed Prince Felipe while they were waiting for the official salutation before the dinner party, Efe reported.

They were accompanied by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, French Prime Minister François Fillon and Canadian Governor-General Michael Jean.

"Their meeting was relaxed and normal. The Prince was impeccable, as usual," the Spanish diplomatic source said.

Meanwhile, Spanish Secretary of State for Ibero-America Trinidad Jiménez also talked to Chávez, and labeled the meeting as "short and nice."

On Sunday, Caracas issued a communiqué reading, "the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela believes a clarification is needed" about an alleged "message the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs gave to the Venezuelan Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain."

According to Jiménez, such a message -which allegedly announced that Prince Felipe would meet in Buenos Aires with Chávez to convey a message from his father King Juan Carlos I- did not exist.