The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez will visit next week MoscowWhere he will be received by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Soon after, the Cuban president confirmed this news by announcing a four-country tour.
“This is how it is. We are waiting for President Bermudez and contacts between the presidents of the two countries are being prepared,” said the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, in his daily telephone press conference, citing the Spanish agency. efe.
Dear countrymen:
We are touring Algeria, Russia, Turkey and China, in response to the official invitations made by the leaders of those countries. pic.twitter.com/lOISkdKtq1
– Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez (DiazCanelB) November 16, 2022
The Cuban president himself confirmed, from his official account on Twitter, a tour that will start in Algeria and will take him to Russia, Turkey and China, “in response to the official invitations issued by the leaders of those countries.” The official Cuban media still does not provide details.
Peskov noted that this is a “very important visit.” “Cuba is a very important partner for us. We have a lot to talk about,” he said, citing Cuban diplomatic sources. efehe had reported on Diaz-Canel’s plans to visit the Russian capital and also participate in the opening of a monument to Fidel Castro in Moscow, an event scheduled for November 22.
At the beginning of 2017, the authorities of the Russian capital named one of the city squares in honor of the leader of the Cuban revolution, who died in November 2016.
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In the years since his visit to Moscow, in 2019, Diaz-Canel has held phone conversations with Putin on several occasions and they have reaffirmed their plans to Intensified cooperation between Moscow and Havana. He also expressed his appreciation for the Russian assistance in combating the coronavirus.
This Wednesday, the Russian Senate once again condemned the US embargo on Cuba and demanded that it be lifted. According to the resolution approved by the legislators, the blockade that the island suffers from is “a systematic violation of the rules of international law enshrined in the United Nations Charter and a challenge to the entire system of international relations,” according to the Spanish source.
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