Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, received today at the Palace of the Revolution Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation, who has been visiting the largest of the Antilles since last Monday.

According to the Cuban Presidency’s account on the social network X, during the meeting, the Cuban president said that this visit helped to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two nations.

«The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, @DiazCanelB, received at the Palace of the Revolution the Minister of the Interior of the Federation of #Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, who arrived in #Cuba last Monday.»

It marks a trend we have of strengthening, consolidation, and expansion of our relations at present, the president said.

«This visit, said Díaz-Canel as he greeted him, helps strengthen the ties of friendship between #Cuba and the Russian Federation. It marks a trend we have of strengthening, consolidating, and expanding our relations at present, the president said.»

Díaz-Canel also recalled the historical legacy between the two peoples, formed since the Soviet Union, particularly by the intention and commitment of the historic leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz, and Army General Raúl Castro Ruz.

«There is a historical legacy between our nations and peoples, which was formed since the stage of the Soviet Union, in particular by the intention and commitment that Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and Army General Raul Castro Ruz #Cuba #Russia always had.»

There is a relationship, not only of governments but also a relationship of peoples, said the Cuban Head of State.

Those of us present here, he said, referring to the delegation that accompanied him at the meeting, are from a generation that grew up in the heat of that relationship between Cuba and Russia.

During these days in the largest of the Antilles, Kolokoltsev toured the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, paid tribute at the Mausoleum to the Soviet Internationalist Soldier, and held a meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas.