“Hello, my old friend!” Raul Castro hugged the secretary of the Security Council tightly.”Good morning, Commander! Good morning, Comrade President! I am happy to see you again and warmly welcome you to the Island of Liberty!” Nikolai Patrushev replied, greeting Castro and Diaz-Canel.
According to the legend of the Cuban revolution, Raul Castro, the friendly relations between the peoples of the two countries cannot be destroyed and shaken, despite the efforts of all the imperialists of the world, led by the United States. He also thanked Russia and personally Vladimir Putin for all the help that our country gives to Liberty Island.
Miguel Diaz-Canel, in turn, focused on the implementation of all the agreements concluded between Havana and Moscow in recent years. In addition, he said that the issue of launching the Russian Mir card on the island is being actively worked out in order to attract even more Russian tourists.Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Cuban Revolutionary Leader Raul Castro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Photo: Ivan Egorov / Rossiyskaya GazetaThe President also mentioned the international agenda and also spoke about the situation in Ukraine.”We fully support Moscow’s position that the conflict in Ukraine was deliberately provoked by the West and NATO, and we understand that Russia was forced to launch a special operation,” the Cuban leader said.
In response, Nikolai Patrushev noted that “the unprecedented anti-Russian campaign launched by the United States and its allies presents any sovereign state with a choice – to defend its own path of development and its values, or to submit to the dictates of the ‘collective West’. .”
Nikolai Patrushev flew to Havana from Caracas, where he met Venezuelan President Nicolas Madura and held lengthy Russian-Venezuelan consultations on security. The same consultations with representatives of the Security Council apparatus and law enforcement agencies of Cuba and Russia will take place today in Havana.
