Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met on Thursday in Havana with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and leader of the Cuban Revolution Raul Castro. The Russian minister arrived on the island on a working visit on the morning of April 20. The day before, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel was re-elected by parliament for a second term until 2028.
The former head of the republic, Raul Castro, is now a member of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, the local parliament. He is 91 years old.
In Cuba, Lavrov held talks with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. They discussed political, trade and economic, financial and investment, cultural and humanitarian interactions between the countries.
The Cuban minister expressed his gratitude to the Russian government for helping to combat the consequences of the pandemic and for supporting Havana’s request to lift the trade and economic embargo that the United States imposed on this country in 1962 Moscow and Havana have condemned the policy of unilateral sanctions in circumvention of the United Nations Charter.
Russia and Cuba discussed coordination on the world stage and confirmed their mutual intention to strengthen the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership. Moscow and Havana intend to move forward together in building a multipolar world based on genuine equality of states, respect for mutual interests, principles and norms of international law, the Russian Affairs Ministry said. foreigners in a press release.
Havana was the final leg of the Minister’s tour of Central and South America. Previously, Lavrov traveled to Brazil, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
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