Havana thanks Russia for writing off Cuba's debts to USSR (Raul Castro)

Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers President Raul Castro thanks Russia and the Russian leadership for writing off Cuba's debts it accumulated in 40 years of its cooperation with the Soviet Union.

"The Russian government's decision to cancel [our] debts after so many years of cooperation shows goodwill that the Russian people feel toward us," Castro said following negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Havana.

Following some decline in the 1990s, "cooperation [between Cuba and Russia] started developing at the beginning of the new century, and we can see a result of this today," Castro said.

Russia and Cuba are developing "relations of a new type, and we are very happy about them and fully support Russia's position on the international arena," he said.

Cuba will continue to show solidarity with Russia in foreign political matters, he said, Interfax reports.
http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2014_07_12/Havana-thanks-Russia-for-writing-off-Cubas-debts-to-USSR-Raul-Castro-6628/
12/7/14
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