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The also head of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba expressed that “we will continue strengthening our bilateral relations.”
The day before, the Caribbean island commemorated the national date of the Slavic country with an act that highlighted the fraternal bilateral ties that today deepen and advance in the purpose of raising economic relations to the same level as political ones.
In this context, the cordial ties in 64 years of uninterrupted relations were highlighted, first with the USSR and then with Russia, a show of solidarity that “has passed the tests of time,” said Fernando González, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Pueblos (ICAP), headquarters of the celebration.
González reaffirmed the continuity of the strengthening of ties of brotherhood, expressed in the exchange between both governments at the highest level, he stressed, in reference to the four visits made by President Miguel Díaz-Canel to Russia in which he held meetings with the president. Russian Vladimir Putin, and adopted business, commercial and cultural agreements.
For his part, Viktor Koronelli, ambassador of the Russian Federation, expressed his pleasure at the celebration of Russia Day in Cuba, a country that he described as a key ally in Latin America and the Caribbean, and noted the coincidence of both nations in the need for “a more just and equitable multipolar world order,” he said.
The head of the Russian diplomatic legation here condemned the sanctions and the blockade of Cuba, and highlighted the Cuban-Russian ties that, he said, are on the rise and work is being done to reinvigorate them in the economic and commercial spheres.
The Russian Federation participates in projects of the Economic and Social Development Program of Cuba until 2030 in the energy, industry, transportation and other branches, meanwhile, it has become an important market for tourism with increases in travelers to the Island .
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