The President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, yesterday May 2, at the Palace of the Revolution, received Ivan I. Mélnikov, first vice president of the State Duma and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who is visiting our country.

During the cordial meeting, the two discussed the excellent state of the historical relations that exist between their governments and people, also discussing several issues on the international agenda.

The distinguished visitor was accompanied by deputy Dimitri G. Novikov, the State Duma International Relations Committee’s first vice president and coordinator of the Parliamentary Russia-Cuba Friendship Group, as well as Andrei A. Guskov, Russian ambassador in Havana.

Also participating on the Cuban side was Yolanda Ferrer Gómez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power International Relations Committee.