Cuban leader hails Russian role in standoff with US
Tuesday, October 29, 2019       22:40 WIB

Moscow, Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel praised Russia's support Tuesday during talks with President Vladimir Putin, saying ties with Moscow are growing in the face of US "aggression".
The Cuban leader's first trip to Russia as president followed a visit by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Havana earlier this month.
"US aggression against Cuba is escalating," Diaz-Canel told Putin in remarks translated by the Kremlin.
He said Russia and Cuba had "unfailing" ties and praised "the increasing role played by Moscow to break the superiority that the US is trying to impose."
Cuba is under pressure as US President Donald Trump dismantles the rapprochement with Havana begun by his predecessor Barack Obama.
Washington has moved to cripple Cuba's tourism industry, banning cruise ship stops on the island and most recently announcing a suspension of flights to all Cuban airports except the capital.
The Trump administration accuses Cuba of aiding and abetting crisis-wracked Venezuela, which is Havana's closest ally.
Putin said Russia "has always sympathised with Cuba's independent position" and promised to visit Cuba.
Russia nearly quadrupled oil exports to Cuba in the first six months of the year, the government said earlier this month, as the island struggles with severe fuel shortages it blames on US sanctions.
Medvedev has also ordered the energy ministry to refurbish three of Cuba's power plants, according to a roadmap signed with Cuba's Energoimport power company.
Diaz-Canel earlier stopped by the Russian city of Saint Petersburg where his delegation visited a major shipyard and a nuclear plant to look for "new spheres of cooperation".

Sumber : AFP

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