Allies Cuba and Russia, both targets of Western sanctions, intend to pursue closer "technical-military" cooperation, the communist island's government mouthpiece said Wednesday.
The plan
was discussed during a visit Tuesday by Armed Forces Minister Alvaro Lopez
Miera to Moscow, where he met counterpart Sergei Shoigu, newspaper Granma
reported.
Granma
quoted Shoigu as telling Lopez Miera that "Russia plans to jointly develop
with Cuba a series of projects in the technical-military field."
No
details were divulged.
It said
Shoigu had stressed that "Cuba has been and remains the most important
ally of Russia in the region."
Russia's
Sputnik news agency said Shoigu had referred to "existing and promising
projects in the military field."
Moscow
has sought to portray a return to business as usual since Shoigu was the target
over the weekend of a failed revolt by Russian mercenary group Wagner.
A video
by Russia's state-run TASS news agency showed Shoigu welcome Lopez Miera in
what was likely his first meeting with a foreign dignitary since the rebellion.
As
Russia has been increasingly isolated since invading Ukraine in 2022, relations
with Cuba have intensified with an uptick in bilateral projects and visits
between senior officials.
Moscow
and Havana were at the center of a global nuclear scare in 1962, when the
Soviet Union stationed missiles on the island, sparking threats of an attack by
the United States nearby.
The
weapons were withdrawn and a crisis averted.
After
Russia invaded its neighbor, President Joe Biden has warned that for the
"first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat from
the use of nuclear weapons."
Cuba,
under US embargo since 1962, is facing its worst economic crisis in three
decades, and recently received a shipment of Russian oil to help ease a
crushing shortage of fuel on the island.
Cuba's
President Miguel Diaz-Canel has assured Russia of "Cuba's unconditional
support" in its "clash with the West" over Ukraine.
Lopez
Miera's trip, which was not announced beforehand, came just days after Cuban
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero concluded an 11-day official visit to Russia
during which he discussed cooperation in energy, tourism and transport.
Marrero
had met President Vladimir Putin among other senior officials.
According
to the Russian presidency website, Putin had told Marrero that "we will do
everything so that our economic interaction helps to overcome these
difficulties imposed from the outside," referring to "illegal
sanctions" against Havana.
As Cuba
has looked for friends since Washington ramped up sanctions under then-president
Donald Trump, it has also raised some eyebrows over its interactions with
China.
The Wall
Street Journal has reported that Havana was negotiating with China to establish
a joint military training facility on the island, and the White House said
China has been operating an intelligence unit in Cuba for years.
https://www.barrons.com/news/cuba-russia-envisage-technical-military-cooperation-7f1e9f54
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