The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Tuesday will visit Cuba
The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 24 March will visit Cuba and conduct dialogues with Cuban counterpart, according to a report in on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 24 March will visit Cuba and conduct dialogues With Cuban counterpart, according to a report in on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
"on 24 March, the Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit the Republic of Cuba. The trip will take place at the beginning of the note may 8, 55th anniversary of restoration of diplomatic relations between our countries, " according to the annotations on the Internet representation.
It is noted that in the process of talks With Lavrov, Minister for foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez will be considered a wide range of topical international and regional issues, different aspects of bilateral cooperation, as well as among them trade and economic nature.
the Russian foreign Ministry emphasize that a solid basis for the development of Russian-Cuban cooperation on the world stage is the proximity or coincidence of the positions of the pairs of countries on the key issues of regional and international agenda, is committed to the strict observance of the norms and principles of international law, most importantly, of the Charter of the United Nations, to strengthen the Central role of the UN and its Security Council." Cuba traditionally supports Russia's priorities in the framework of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Havana voted against accepted 27 March 2014 Decision of the UN General Assembly " the Territorial integrity of Ukraine ", co-sponsored adopted on the initiative of Russia at the 69th session of the UNGA decision on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second world war. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the planned total number of celebrations in Cuba, where 9 may is an official holiday, " as stated in the explanation.
along With questions of political interaction priority in the upcoming negotiations in Havana will be paid subject to further expand trade and economic ties, according to a report in." significant task - preparation for the April 22 In the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan of the 13th session of the intergovernmental Russian-Cuban Council for trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation (IPC) is designed to assist the sales increase and diversification of bilateral cooperation. Promising in this respect are pursued by the parties to projects in the energy, industrial and transport infrastructure, biotechnology, civil aviation, peaceful space exploration, health and other ", - emphasized the Minister.
in addition, the foreign Ministry said that continues to develop cooperation in the field of education, for 2015-2016 academic year Cuba budget allocated 100 scholarship to study in Russian universities.
"Russia welcomes the ongoing process of normalization of the Cuban-American relations. Taken by the United States and Cuba real steps aimed at normalizing bilateral relations meet the interests of both countries and international Security in General. Remains unchanged, the position of the Russian Federation on the need for an immediate withdrawal of trade and economic embargo against Cuba from the U.S., " according to the explanations of the foreign Ministry.
It is also Noted that the upcoming Havana Russian-Cuban contacts are designed to analyze the process of implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin With the President of the state Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro in July 2014 in the capital of Russia, to help further deepen coordination approaches pairs of countries to the major problems of our time.