MOSCOW: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, in a visit to the socialist island\u2019s traditional ally during a crippling US oil embargo.<\/p>\n
Moscow has accused the United States of using \u201csuffocating measures\u201d against Havana and has said it was mulling sending aid to Cuba.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump cut off key supplies of Venezuelan oil to Cuba after ousting Venezuela\u2019s Nicolas Maduro. He has also threatened sanctions on countries that sell oil to Cuba.<\/p>\n
The island has long grappled with a severe fuel shortage but the US embargo has deepened the crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutin will receive Bruno Rodriguez in the Kremlin,\u201d the Russian leader\u2019s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters, including AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Russian Federation has consistently opposed the blockade of Cuba,\u201d Peskov said, adding: \u201cwe provide assistance to our friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cuba has been allied to Moscow since its 1960s socialist revolution, relying on the Soviet Union for economic and political support for decades.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin maintained close ties to the Caribbean island after the USSR collapsed.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier said Rodriguez was leading a Cuban delegation that is \u201ccurrently in Moscow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodriguez will also hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Zakharova said.<\/p>\n
Putin, an ex-KGB spy, visited Cuba in 2014, meeting with the island\u2019s revolution leader Fidel Castro, who died two years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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