The Chief of the General Staff of the Cuban Armed ForcesRoberto Legrá Sotolongo, is in Belarus in an official visit aimed at expanding military collaboration between the two countries, official media shiturrousos reported Monday.
Valeri Revenko, head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense of Belarusia, confirmed in the social network X that the meeting has as its purpose Discuss “practical measures” for Cuban military trainingincorporating “the experience of contemporary armed conflicts.”
The visit of Legrá Sotolongo occurs in an international context marked by complaints about the alleged participation of Cuban citizens in the Ukraine Warfighting in the Russian ranks, he said EFE.
In 2023, the Ukrainian government presented a list with 253 passports of Cubans who, according to kyiv, had recruited to join Moscow’s troops.
Belarus is Russia’s main ally in the region and a key point in Kremlin military cooperation From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
