Russia and Cuba sign agreements on loans and food aid during the visit of Raul Castro in Moscow

Russia sign agreements with Cuba on a loan and food aid during the current visit of the Cuban leader Raul Castro in Moscow, reported the news agency RIA Novosti on Friday.

“Various documents will be signed during the visit, including inter-governmental agreement on a loan of state aid and food to Cuba,” said an official from the Kremlin.

25 000 tonnes of cereals will be granted to Cuba, the official said.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russia would provide 20 million dollars to Cuba, a sum that will be used to buy Russian goods.

Castro first Cuban leader to visit Russia since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, formally meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Friday on economic cooperation, political and humanitarian.

Mr. Castro arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a weeklong visit to Russia with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations.

relations between Russia and Cuba, an ally of the Cold War, have cooled after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But Russia has recently sought to revive its relations with Cuba and other Latin American countries.

During a visit to Cuba last November, during which he met with Raul Castro and his brother Fidel Castro, Russian President Medvedev had promised to promote political and economic relations between the two countries.

俄罗斯和贷款和粮食援助古巴签订协议期间,劳尔卡斯特罗在莫斯科访问

俄罗斯与古巴签署一项贷款协定和粮食援助,在古巴领导人劳尔卡斯特罗此次访问莫斯科,新闻社报道,俄新社上周五。

“不同的文件将在访问期间签署的,包括机构在国家援助和食品向古巴政府贷款协议,说:”从克里姆林宫官员。

25 000吨谷物将给予古巴的官员说。

早些时候,俄罗斯总理普京表示,俄罗斯将提供20万美元,古巴,一个将被用来购买俄罗斯商品的总和。

古巴领导人卡斯特罗首次访问自苏联解体,俄罗斯20世纪90年代,正式与俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫今天举行的经济合作,政治和人道主义。

卡斯特罗是27日抵达为期一周的访问,以加强双边关系的目标是俄罗斯在莫斯科举行。

俄罗斯与古巴,一个冷战盟友关系,有冷却后苏联解体。但俄罗斯最近试图恢复与古巴和其他拉美国家的关系。

董建华是在去年11月访问古巴期间,他与劳尔卡斯特罗和他的兄弟菲德尔卡斯特罗会见了俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫已承诺,以促进两国之间的政治和经济关系。01.02.09

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