Chairman of the State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin. Author: PL

Chairman of the State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin is arriving on an official visit to Cuba this Saturday, the press service of the Russian state structure reported today.

According to information provided on the official website of the State Duma, Volodin, along with deputies and several representatives of various departments, will arrive in Havana, where the first meeting of the commission for cooperation with the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba will be held. holds., post pl.

Parliamentarians will discuss legislative issues in sectors such as the economy, energy, education, agriculture and tourism. The chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament also plans to hold bilateral meetings with the leadership of Cuba.

The last time a delegation of the Russian State Duma headed by Volodin visited Cuba in February 2022.

In April of this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also visited Cuba, where he met with the President of the Caribbean state, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and the leader of the Cuban revolution, Raul Castro.

The Russian Foreign Minister invited his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez to visit Russia. Earlier in March, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev visited Havana.

At the end of November 2022, Diaz-Canel paid an official visit to Moscow. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of the Cuban state said that Russia can always count on Cuba, which is interested in continuing the development of bilateral relations.

Source: Juventud Rebelde