(EFE)
Both “underlined the firm position of both countries that unilateral sanctions in violation of the UN Charter and the principles and norms of international law are unacceptable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Riabkov also expressed his “unconditional support for Cuba to lift the illegal US embargo on the island.”
The vice minister and Cabrisas held a meeting on the eve of the XIX meeting of the Russian-Cuban Intergovernmental Commission for Commercial, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
During the meeting, Riabkov and Cabrisas also discussed current issues for strengthening the strategic association between Moscow and Havana in the political, commercial, economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
In addition, they exchanged views on key issues on the international and regional agenda.
The meeting comes ahead of the arrival of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Saturday night in Moscow, where he will meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, earlier in the week.
Boris Titov, Russian Presidential Commissioner for Workers’ Rights and guest at the Havana International Fair (Fihav), said hours before from the Island that Cuba and his country are negotiating the possibility of carrying out transactions in rubles and cryptocurrencies in order to avoid international sanctions and facilitate “mutual payments”.
The politician affirmed that “compensation mechanisms” and other “private” options are also valued as an alternative to paying in dollars.
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