Volodin: Russia and Cuba can jointly respond existing challenges

Russia and Cuba are able to jointly resist the existing challenges, the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said during a meeting with the head of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, Esteban Lazo Hernandez.

Russia and Cuba are united by a long history of bilateral relations, which have undergone "different times and different challenges," the speaker of the State Duma noted, stressing the current strengthening of mutually beneficial relations based on "a dialogue and mutual trust".

The chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament also said that "Russia understands what difficulties Cuba is facing, we support you in overcoming these difficulties".

At the end of the meeting of the State Duma Speaker reiterated his deepest condolences on the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.