The head of state arrived at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, the first stop of his visit to the Eurasian country, where he was received by the governor of the city, Alexander Beglov, and by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Evgeny Grigoriev, reported Prensa Latina.
The International Workers' Day parade took place at Havana’s Revolution Square, attended by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic.
Cuba and Russia sign a joint declaration at the BRICS foreign ministers’ summit in Rio de Janeiro to counter unilateral Western sanctions, consolidating strategic cooperation and denouncing neocolonial practices affecting Global South nations.
The Cubana de Aviación airline will resume flights between Cuba and Germany in November of this year, after a hiatus of over 20 years.