​Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Wednesday evening in the Cuban capital of Havana from Nicaragua, where he met with President Daniel Ortega, AFP and dpa agencies reported on Thursday, quoted by Agerpres.
Lavrov will meet Thursday with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who was unexpectedly re-elected as Cuba’s leader on Wednesday, and his foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, according to a statement from the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
On Wednesday, the Russian foreign minister made a four-hour visit to Managua before heading to Cuba, the final leg of his diplomatic tour of Latin America, which also included Brazil and Venezuela.
“Western countries under the auspices of countries like the United States (…) are trying to spread their hegemony through conflicts like in Ukraine,” Lavrov said in a televised statement before leaving Nicaragua.
Rosario Murillo, vice president and wife of President Daniel Ortega, welcomed Lavrov’s arrival on a state visit to “our blessed Nicaragua” on Channel 4 public television.
“We welcome him with great warmth as fraternal nations, as nations that believe in peace,” she assured.
The Russian Minister met with the President of Nicaragua, as well as with his Nicaraguan counterpart Denis Moncada, Minister of Finance Ivan Acosta and Presidential Advisor for Investments, Trade and Cooperation Laureano Ortega Murillo, the son of the presidential couple, Rosario Murillo said.
Lavrov condemns the “blackmail” of Western sanctions
In a televised dialogue, Ortega and Lavrov condemned the sanctions imposed on the same day by the United States against three Nicaraguan judges who stripped the citizenship of 316 opponents classified by Ortega as “terrorists.”
“Hundreds of senior comrades who run the country have already been sanctioned, but this does not scare us in the least, does not worry us in the least,” the Nicaraguan president said.
The day before, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sergey Lavrov called for “unity” to counter “blackmail” by Western sanctions.
Russia is an important ally for Nicaragua, supplying it with wheat, as well as public transport buses, taxis and the Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik.
Moscow also offered cooperation on the center’s anti-narcotics police training, as well as technical and military support. Nicaragua and Russia resumed economic and military cooperation in 2007, when Daniel Ortega returned to power.
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