He also thanked the State Duma members for their support, which is especially important for the Cuban people, because the State Duma “adopts appeals in support of Cuba year after year” demanding the lifting of US sanctions against the Republic.
“Russia assists in establishing a climate of peace and stability on the planet. This striving and position of Russia allow us to break the hegemony established by the US in order to have more room for multipolarity in the world,” said Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
He stressed that the Russian Federation and the Russian people can always count on the support of Cuba, which invariably condemns the policy of one-sided unjust sanctions: “The main thing in the world is not to build walls, but to build bridges,” he said.
“We highly value our relations with Russia. And as it was determined by the leaders of our countries, Raul Castro and Vladimir Putin, these are strategic ties,” said Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
“We well know how to live under sanctions. Russia has not avoided sanctions itself. [And] over the past years, Russia has been facing challenges.
Certainly,
the sanctions policy is something which we all shall oppose. It contradicts
both international norms and the rules that should be in our multipolar world,”
said Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
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“The world cannot live in a situation of sanctions, a situation of tension, this only causes anxiety, which leads to conflicts. And the world was created not for conflicts, but for life,” the Chairman of the State Duma underlined.
The Chairman of the State Duma also noted that “today, not only Cuba, Russia, but also China, Iran, Turkey and other countries that are not satisfied with the United States are facing sanctions”, adding that the US is using sanctions as a“ political tool”.
Viacheslav Volodin also congratulated the Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba on a “joyful event” for the Republic that the UN General Assembly voted for overturning the lifting of US sanctions against Cuba.
The parties noted with satisfaction the growth of bilateral relations at all levels, from political, economic relations to tourism (in particular, the number of Russians traveling to Cuba over the past year increased to more than 100 thousand people). Viacheslav Volodin stressed that these are not just relations of commercial partners, but relations of peoples:
“The special role of inter-parliamentary contacts — they have never stopped, only deepened even more,” said the Chairman of the State Duma, stressing that both Russian and Cuban parliamentarians “always supported friendship and the development of relations.”
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez invited the Chairman of the State Duma to visit Cuba. Viacheslav Volodin said that he would definitely do it next year.
“Throughout all the years of work the State Duma has consistently supported the development of relations with Cuba. We value relations between Russia and Cuba. The development of this relationship is very important for us,” said the Chairman of the State Duma.
