HAVANA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz and visiting Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov on Friday lauded bilateral relations between their countries, including military-technical ties.
A government statement cited by Cuba's National Television News said that "during the cordial meeting, Castro and Yevmenov also addressed the prospects for bilateral collaboration, as well as issues on the international agenda."
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, Yevmenov started his six-day working visit to Cuba from Feb. 16. His agenda on the island includes meeting Cuban defence officials and touring facilities and units of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.
