Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez arrived in Moscow yesterday en route to Beijing, and was received by Valentina Matvienko, President of the Russian Federation Council; Dimitri Rogozin, government vice president and co-president of the Russia-Cuba Intergovernmental Commission; as well as Ivan Mielnikov, first vice president of the Duma.

Conversations were held in a climate of cordiality and mutual confidence, reflecting the excellent bilateral relations the two countries share, marked by a high level of regular political dialogue, close cooperation in international bodies, and a number of joint projects in important economic sectors.

Accompanying Díaz-Canel were Deputy Foreign Minsiter Rogelio Sierra Díaz, and Cuba’s ambassador in Moscow, Emilio Lozada García.