Havana Confirms Cuban Leader's Upcoming Visit To Russia

MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th October, 2018) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla confirmed the planned visit of Miguel Diaz-Canel, the Carribean island nation's leader, to Russia.

"I can confirm that Miguel Diaz-Canel, the head of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, will pay official visits to Russia, China, North Korea, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic in the coming days," Rodriguez told a press conference on Wednesday, as broadcast by Cuba tv.

The diplomat has not revealed the specific dates of Diaz-Canel's upcoming trip.

On Wednesday, Sergei Kalashnikov, the head of the group of friendship of the Russian Federation Council and the Cuban parliament, said that the Cuban leader will hold his first visit to Russia on November 1.

Diaz-Canel replaced Raul Castro as the new leader of Cuba after the country's National Assembly of People's Power approved his candidacy for the position of the president of the Cuban Council of State in April.