HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 19 (ACN) The vitality of ties and the potential to continue expanding them focused the attention of the meeting held today in Havana between Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
Rodriguez Parrilla reiterated to his counterpart, who is on an official visit to the island, the importance given by the Caribbean nation to ties with the Eurasian country, which is considered a strategic ally with which it shares strong historical roots of friendship and mutual respect.
He also expressed gratitude for the invariable position of the Russian Federation in support of the resolutions presented by Cuba before the United Nations General Assembly and the demands for the cessation of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States and the removal of the archipelago from the list of alleged State sponsors of terrorism.
This occasion will make it possible to confirm the excellent state of bilateral relations and the coincidence of both parties on the international agenda, as well as to identify directions in which to direct common work, he
