Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who is waited for in Spain on Friday as part of an European tour, declared on Thursday in Lisbon that the incident with Spain's King Juan Carlos is over.

Last year, during a Spanish-Latin American summit held last year in Chile, the monarch asked Chávez to "shut up."

Asked by a reporter if the incident had come to an end, Chávez answered: "I would say so," AFP quoted.

"Now, I am certain that I will talk since my arrival through my departure. I will talk a lot tomorrow," said the Venezuelan head of state after a meeting with Portuguese socialist ex President Mario Soares in Lisbon.

Ending last year, Chávez demanded an apology from King Juan Carlos for being, in his opinion, disrespectful to him.