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🇷🇺🇨🇺 On September 24 in New York, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

The Foreign Ministers coordinated their stances in a spirit of trust and constructive cooperation, concentrating on current aspects of the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership.

The Parties underscored their mutual commitment to maintaining the intensive momentum in political dialogue between Moscow and Havana, as well as deepening collaboration in the trade and economic spheres.

A shared alignment of approaches was noted on the overwhelming majority of issues concerning the global and regional agenda. Both parties expressed aspirations to further enhance cooperation within the UN and other multilateral platforms, including #BRICS.

❗️ Minister Lavrov reaffirmed the principled position of the Russian Federation on the need for the immediate lifting of the US trade, economic and financial blockade of Cuba and for the country’s removal from Washington’s list of “state sponsors of terrorism”.

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