In his greetings to the President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Raul Castro, the Russian head of state says, in part:
“Today the tried and tested relationship of mutual understanding and co-operation between Russia and Cuba is newly reinvigorated. The deep tradition of friendship between our two peoples is one of the fundamental bases for the broadening of bilateral action and the co-ordination of our efforts on the international stage.”
In his felicitations to the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party of Cuba Fidel Castro, Dmitry Medvedev said:
“The Cuban revolution – your life’s work – opened a new path to freedom for the Cuban people. It entered the history books as a legendary example of the struggle for the high ideals of social justice. I am convinced that the new momentum in Russian Cuban co-operation will henceforth work both to benefit the populations of Russia and Cuba, and also in the interests of ensuring a stable and multilateral world order.”