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Putin hosts Cuban leader for talks on expanding ties
Source: Associated Press
Putin hosts Cuban leader for talks on expanding ties
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
October 29, 2019
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Cuba’s resilience in the face of U.S. pressure as he hosted his Cuban counterparts for talks Tuesday on expanding cooperation between the old allies.
Putin told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Russia has always remained supportive of Cuba.
“It’s not easy to solve economic and social issues in the conditions that Cuba finds itself in, but you have done it successfully,” he said. “We are glad to see the strengthening of the Cuban state.”
Russian-Cuban ties are still far from the Cold War era of near-total Cuban dependence on the Soviet bloc, which saw the island as a forward operating base in the Americas then largely abandoned it in the 1990s. But observers of Cuban and Russian foreign policy say there is a significant warming between the former partners, prompted in part by the Trump administration’s reversal of President Barack Obama’s opening to Cuba.
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By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
October 29, 2019
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Cuba’s resilience in the face of U.S. pressure as he hosted his Cuban counterparts for talks Tuesday on expanding cooperation between the old allies.
Putin told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Russia has always remained supportive of Cuba.
“It’s not easy to solve economic and social issues in the conditions that Cuba finds itself in, but you have done it successfully,” he said. “We are glad to see the strengthening of the Cuban state.”
Russian-Cuban ties are still far from the Cold War era of near-total Cuban dependence on the Soviet bloc, which saw the island as a forward operating base in the Americas then largely abandoned it in the 1990s. But observers of Cuban and Russian foreign policy say there is a significant warming between the former partners, prompted in part by the Trump administration’s reversal of President Barack Obama’s opening to Cuba.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/d2e58fa79c2f406c9c126c4cd46f4ef8
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