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Minsk/Minsk and Havana agreed to increase military cooperation during the visit of the Chief of the General Staff of Cuba, Roberto Legrá Sotolongo, as reported this Friday by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.
“The heads of the military agencies of both countries agreed to increase cooperation across the entire spectrum of directions of mutual interest,” Defense reported on Telegram.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Pavel Muravéiko, ordered to organize “a series of practical bilateral activities soon” and highlighted Minsk’s interest in not only carrying out the proposed plans, but also “developing new directions of cooperation.”
The visit of the Cuban Army general concluded with the inspection of an arsenal and a command of the Air Force and the anti-aircraft defenses.
The visit of the Cuban Army general concluded with the inspection of an arsenal and a command of the Air Force and the anti-aircraft defenses, in addition to visiting the memorial complex of the Brest fortress, the first to confront the troops of Nazi Germany in June 1941.
The visit of the Cuban military high command to Belarus, Moscow’s main ally in the Ukraine war, coincided with accusations from the United States about the participation of thousands of Cubans in the Russian offensive.
In 2023, Ukraine presented a list with 253 passports of Cubans recruited to fight for Russia.
