{"id":202856,"date":"2019-07-23T17:45:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=202856"},"modified":"2019-07-23T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:45:56","slug":"cuban-and-russian-authorities-address-promising-areas-for-bilateral-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-and-russian-authorities-address-promising-areas-for-bilateral-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban and Russian authorities address “promising areas for bilateral cooperation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu addressed “promising areas for bilateral cooperation” during a meeting in Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting between the two authorities focused on joint efforts to contribute to stability and security in the Caribbean region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said this Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Russian defense minister stressed the importance of Russian-Cuban cooperation to guarantee stability and security in the region,” the defense department said in a brief press release.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the release, the parties addressed “regional and international security issues, as well as promising areas for bilateral cooperation.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is Cabrisas’ third visit to Moscow this year, after those he made last January and June. During the Cuban vice president\u2019s previous visit to the Russian capital, the Kremlin <\/span>promised<\/span><\/a> it would provide “all kinds of help” to Havana to face the U.S. sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, Cuba and Russia have given a boost to their bilateral relations and signed cooperation agreements in various sectors, including transportation, communications, trade, energy and the military industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, they maintain frequent contacts and exchanges through high-level visits, including that of the Cuban president to Moscow in November 2018, who invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to visit the Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visit to Cuba of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is also expected this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both governments maintain the same positions on international policy issues, global as well as regional, and support Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as president of Venezuela, as opposed to the United States and 50 other countries, mainly from Europe and Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alto militar cubano resalta \u201cfortalecimiento\u201d de cooperaci\u00f3n entre Rusia y Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n