Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and the delegation accompanying him on his official visit to Russia arrived today at the monument dedicated to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926-2016).

«To the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution of the people and Government of Cuba,» reads the bands on the floral arrangement laid by the Foreign Minister at the sculpture erected in his honour in the Sokol district of Moscow.

The sculptural work to Fidel inaugurated by the presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and of the Slavic nation Vladimir Putin, on 22 November 2022, represents a tribute from Russian society to the man they consider to be a paradigm of Latin America and the world.

In the square named after the undefeated Commander-in-Chief since 2017, a three-metre-high bronze statue was erected, depicting the bearded young man in military uniform with his traditional beret, standing on a stone block with the map of Cuba.

After its unveiling, the architect and sculptor of the work, Andrey Beliy and Alexey Chebanenko, respectively, said that the sculptural ensemble represents the heroic path of a man who defended the rights of the people in his nation.

The head of the Caribbean nation’s diplomacy also visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to pay tribute to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

At the historic site, a must-see for anyone arriving in Moscow, the Cuban minister laid a wreath to pay tribute to those who fell in the fighting against Nazi Germany in World War II. After both activities, Rodríguez and his accompanying delegation will hold bilateral talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.