“Both Russia and Cuba are subject to economic sanctions, the origin of which comes from the Yankee Empire, the only enemy that has controlled a significant part of the world,” Díaz-Canel said at the start of the meeting with Putin. He’s in the Kremlin.
The Cuban president, who is in Russia for the second leg of a tour that has already taken him to Algeria, has called the sanctions against the two countries “unjustified” and “arbitrary,” which will continue in Turkey and end in China.
“But Russia can always count on Cuba,” asserted Díaz-Canel, a self-proclaimed “admirer” of Putin’s “great leadership,” and underlined that Havana has always condemned the economic sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West over its military campaign in Ukraine. , started on February 24.
“Our first commitment is to continue to defend the position of the Russian Federation in the face of this conflict, which was created and, unfortunately, its origin in international public opinion was manipulated by the US government,” he commented.
So, to avoid manipulation, he invoked Putin’s speech in September, when he merged the four Ukrainian regions, which revealed “very well-structured thinking.”
“It’s been a long time [Moscovo] It warned the world that NATO’s progress was unacceptable [Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte] Towards the Russian borders. America dealt with the situation, trying to figure it out in war, as they always do in wars abroad. […]There is a chance to emerge as a big problem solver,” he said.
Putin, for his part, recalled that Moscow always opposed the US blockade of the island and supported Havana in all circumstances on the international stage.
“All this is the result of the traditional friendship confirmed by Comrade Fidel Castro,” Putin said, arguing that the two countries should strengthen cooperation and draw up plans to improve relations until 2030.
Putin, who unveiled a statue of Fidel Castro in the Russian capital today, recalled his meetings with the Cuban revolutionary leader from 2000 to 2014.
“It is the symbol of an entire era, the era of the national liberation movement, the end of the colonial system and the creation of our independent and sovereign nations in Latin America and Africa,” he said.
“Fidel Castro dedicated his whole life to the unconditional struggle for the victory of the principles of goodness, peace and justice. For this reason, he is considered one of the most intelligent and charismatic leaders of the 20th century, Putin announced.
A three-meter high bronze statue was installed in Fidel Castro Square, located in the Sokol district, northwest of the Russian capital.
The initiative to erect a statue in honor of the Cuban leader came from the Russian Military Historical Society, for which 20 million rubles (about 333,000 US dollars) were allocated.
The square was named after Fidel Castro in 2017, a year after the revolutionary leader’s death on November 25, 2016. Not far away are streets dedicated to the late presidents of Chile, Salvador Allende, and Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.
The unveiling of the statue took place three days before the sixth anniversary of the Cuban revolutionary leader’s last visit to Moscow in 1987, when the then Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
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