Havana: The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the vice president of the Government of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borísov, confirmed today the excellent state of political, economic and bilateral cooperation relations, Prensa Latina reports.
During a meeting at the Palace of the Revolution, in this capital, the head of state also sent a fraternal greeting to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
This meeting was accompanied by the Vice Ministers of Economic Development and Finance, Vladimir Ilichev and Timur Maksimov, respectively, Andrey Guskov, Moscow’s ambassador in Havana, and Nikita Gusakov, general director of the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance.
Borísov, also co-president of the Intergovernmental Commission between these nations for economic-commercial and scientific-technical collaboration, traveled to the island territory to attend the XVIII Session of that mechanism, an appointment concluded today.
The day before, the delegations headed by Ricardo Cabrisas, deputy prime minister of Cuba, and Borísov debated issues of mutual interest in 14 working groups in the presence of various businessmen.
Havana and Moscow maintain ties based on respect, trust and transparency, and carry out negotiations for industry and technical-military cooperation, according to official sources.