Foreign Ministers Perez Roque & Lavrov. Image: AP
Cuban President Raul Castro will visit Russia next year, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, in a new sign that Moscow is reviving a Cold War-era trade and military alliance. “Next year we await … Raul Castro in our country and this will be yet another contribution to the development of ties,” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque in Moscow.
While Cuba’s foreign minister denies Cuba and Russia are not discussing the possibility of deploying Russian missile shield in the Caribbean country.
Both nations have signed a series of bilateral trade and economic accords. The accords (covered the automobile, nickel and oil industries, as well as the supply of wheat to Cuba) were signed during a visit to Havana by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin.