During the meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin with the President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández, Russian parliamentarians exchanged views on the activities of working groups created within the framework of a bilateral inter-parliamentary commission.
The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov
Ivan Ivanovich
noted the importance of organizing tourist trips
for Russian citizens to Cuba. “The tourist flow is growing, but we believe that
we still have a lot of capabilities for this in the interests of both Russian
citizens and in the interests of Cuba, the Cuban economy,” he added.
He said that the countries had reached a number of important agreements, including related to increasing the number of direct flights between the two countries, the inclusion of Cuban hotels in the Russian electronic booking system, and the training of Cuban personnel for tourism industry in Russian universities.
“We should express gratitude to the Cuban side, as now the Mir paying cards can be used in Cuba, including where our tourists spend their vacations,” said Ivan Melnikov.
The Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasily Piskarev
Vasily Ivanovich
said that Russian
and Cuban parliamentarians were in constant contact on issues of protecting
sovereignty and countering foreign interference. Thus, in May, there was held a joint meeting of the relevant committees of the State Duma and the National
Assembly of People's Power of Cuba. “We exchanged best practices. Our countries
stand for sovereign development and preservation of international security. We
propose to defend our values together and build a legislative barrier against
the negative impact of new challenges and threats,” said Vasily Piskarev. In addition, according to him, it is necessary to join efforts to protect children
and adolescents from destructive influences, as well as to counter elections
meddling.
The Chairman of the Committee on Energy Pavel Zavalny
Pavel Nikolaevich
noted the cooperation in various fields: from
cooperation in the oil and gas sector, ensuring Cuba’s energy security to training
personnel for the industry.
During the meeting, parliamentarians of Russia and Cuba agreed to create another working group on health care and biotechnology within the framework of the inter-parliamentary commission.
