Latin American Herald Tribune - Russian PM to visit Cuba

MOSCOW – Russia's top Minister Dmitry Medvedev is decided to talk over with Cuba later within the week to fulfill President Miguel Diaz-Canel and discuss cooperation between both countries, his govt introduced Monday.

Medvedev and Diaz-Canel are anticipated to discuss a wide array of issues for cooperation in the fields of business, the economic climate, investment, energy, transport, subculture and humanitarian considerations, among others.

the two nations are expected to signal a collection of intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements, in addition to company contracts, the Russian govt said.

In fresh years, Cuba and Russia have given a boost to their bilateral relationship in a bid to reestablish the shut cooperation they had earlier than the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, with the signing of new financial cooperation agreements.

last yr, the president of Cuba bought the commitment of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, when it involves the modernization and reform of the island's economic climate.

Russia is one in all Cuba's precise 10 trading partners, which defines its affiliation with that nation as "strategic."

On September 20, Russian Deputy prime Minister Yury Borisov said each international locations would signal a strategic agreement on financial and business cooperation.

each events will improve the plan considering Havana's priorities in the framework of Cuba's financial and social building assignment for 2030, and "can be signed within the near future."

vice president of Cuba's Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, become satisfied with the "beneficial participation of Russia" within the country's construction plan of his nation.

He also highlighted the "astonishing" relations and "sustained development" of their hyperlinks on commercial and fiscal cooperation.

Russia and Cuba hope to boost change between both nations, which ultimate yr improved by using 34 percent, based on Borisov.

Havana and Moscow will also discuss members of the family in the transport, agriculture and power sectors right through the meeting of the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental commission.

both governments signed a roadmap for the useful participation of Russian energy corporations in a building program for Cuba's gas and power sector, as well because the island's energy safety.

On September 5, the two international locations signed a protocol in Havana so that it will permit Moscow to aid its Caribbean partner with transport initiatives, from the renewal of its rail community which is already in growth to port infrastructure.