The foreign ministers Cuba and Russia They met this Wednesday in New York, where they exchanged on bilateral relations between the two countries and highlighted the “coincidence of approaches” of their governments.
The meeting between Bruno Rodríguez and Serguéi Lavrov was part of their respective agendas during the current session of the UN General Assembly and took place after the dialogue held by the representative of Moscow with his American counterpart Marco Rubio.
The Cuban Foreign Minister “fruitful” the meeting with Lavrov, which he described as “dear friend.”
In an X publication, Rodríguez said he had highlighted “the positive vision of Cuba on results of consensus achieved among the presidents of both countries, which must contribute to continue developing multifaceted bilateral links.”
Fruitiar sustain meeting with dear friend Serguei Lavrov, chancellor of #Russia.
I highlighted a positive vision of #Cuba on results of consensus achieved among the presidents of both countries, which must contribute to continue developing multifaceted bilateral links. pic.twitter.com/oohj8yas97
– Bruno Rodríguez P (@brunorguezp) SEPTEMBER 24, 2025
For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in A note that the meeting between the two foreign ministers was held in “a cordial and constructive atmosphere” and that during the same the “mutual commitment to maintain the dynamic political dialogue between Moscow and Havana and to deepen cooperation in commercial and economic matters.”
In addition, both parties confirmed the “coincidence of approaches in the vast majority of global and regional agendas issues” and expressed their desire to “further strengthen cooperation at the UN and other multilateral forums, including the BRICs.”
Previous meeting with Marco Rubio
The Russian statement also says that Lavrov reiterated Moscow’s position against the American embargo and the inclusion of Cuba in the list of terrorism sponsors.
Instead, he does not mention whether during the dialogue between both diplomatic chiefs there was some mention of the previous meeting sustained by Russia’s chancellor with the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who monopolized media attention during the day.
In that exchange, with the war in Ukraine and the recent criticisms of Trump to Russia as a backdrop, Rubio sued Lavrov to take “significant measures” by his government for the end of the war conflict, according to press reports.
“The secretary reiterated the call of President Trump to cease the killings and the need for Moscow to take significant measures for a lasting resolution of the war between Russia and Ukraine,” said the State Department in a statement, aforementioned by the agency EFE.
For its part, the Russian environment RT He did not offer details about what was discussed between Rubio and Lavrov, but said that the meeting lasted about 50 minutes and that after the same Russian Foreign Minister He raised his thumb as a sign of approval after being asked by a journalist about the meeting.
The Kremlin responds to Trump: Russia is a real bear and “there are no paper bears”
The exchange between the top representatives of the diplomacy of Washington and Moscow took place after Trump met this week with the Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelenski and encouraged Ukraine to continue fighting to recover territories occupied by Russia.
This position of position of the American president – who had so far handled the option that kyiv yields territory held by the Russian forces to end the war – also came accompanied by questions to Russia, which he called “paper tiger.”
In response, Kremlin replied that Russia is not a tiger, but a true bear and “there are no paper bears.” In addition, he considered “a mistake” what Trump declared, a fact that he attributed to the influence of the Republican encounter with Zelenski.
