Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla held telephone conversations with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi. The discussions reaffirmed strong bilateral ties and expressed support for Cuba's sovereignty. The exchanges also covered regional and international issues.
On Thursday, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, a Political Bureau member and Cuba's Foreign Minister, announced on social network X that he had spoken by telephone with "my dear friend Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia." The contact was timely to continue exchanges on issues from his recent visit to Moscow, focused on promoting bilateral ties in various sectors, and they confirmed the "excellent state of relations," he said. He also expressed gratitude for the "resolute support" from his Russian counterpart for defending Cuba's national sovereignty and its right to choose its own destiny.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that the dialogue expressed "firm support for the fraternal Cuban people in the defense of state sovereignty and the right to choose their own path of development."
Similarly, Rodríguez Parrilla referred on X to his "cordial conversation" with Comrade Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China and Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. "We reaffirm our willingness to continue strengthening our relations and taking them to higher levels, with the implementation of the consensus reached by Presidents Xi Jinping and Díaz-Canel," he said. He expressed thanks for offers of assistance to the island, as well as statements of support and solidarity, which reaffirm the special nature of the historical ties between the two socialist countries.
Finally, Cuba's top diplomat noted that they exchanged views on the current regional and international situation and the need to defend peace, international law, and sovereignty.