Cuban diplomat starts working visit to Russia

Emilio Lozada, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Cuba´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, begins today a working visit to the Russian Federation, which will run until next Friday.

In his program of activities, the diplomat includes meetings with local authorities to review and promote collaborative projects of interest to both nations, says a note of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Lozada arrives in Moscow from China, where he met with Zheng Zeguang, China´s Vice Foreign Minister, who is also in charge of Latin American and Caribbean affairs.

At that time, Vice Minister Zheng stressed that both countries are good friends, partners and brothers, and that in the future they will continue to work in an invariable way to deepen friendship ties and raise bilateral relations to a new level.

Meanwhile, the Cuban diplomat highlighted the excellent state of bilateral political relations and satisfaction with the progress of the links between the two Foreign Ministries and consultations on issues of interest to both parties.