(EFE).- The Kremlin confirmed this Wednesday that Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez will visit Moscow next week, where he will be received by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
“That is so. We are waiting for President Bermúdez and contacts are being prepared between the presidents of the two countries,” said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily telephone press conference.
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.
Cuban diplomatic sources previously reported Díaz-Canel’s plans to visit the Russian capital and participate in the inauguration 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.
Díaz-Canel’s last visit to Russia took place in October 2019. In the following years, Putin and Díaz-Canel spoke by phone on several occasions and reaffirmed plans to intensify cooperation between Moscow and Havana.
The Cuban leader also expressed in those phone calls his gratitude to Putin for the Russian help to combat the coronavirus. This Wednesday, the Russian Senate once again condemned the US embargo on Cuba and demanded its lifting.
According to the resolution approved by the legislators, the blockade suffered by the island is “a systematic violation of the norms of international law, contemplated in the UN Charter and a challenge for the entire system of international relations.”
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