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HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) – Igor Sechin, CEO of Russian oil company Rosneft, met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel late on Saturday, the island’s leader said, amid acute fuel shortages, service stations temporarily closed and hours gasoline there are queues.

Sechin told Diaz-Canel that when it comes to matters related to Cuba, “Putin supervises them directly and personally,” Diaz-Canel’s office said in a statement via Twitter.

Several tweets on the Cuban presidential account emphasized the good relations between the two countries, but did not explain the reason for the visit of the head of the state oil company.

Sechin is set to travel to Venezuela for the tenth anniversary of the death of former president Hugo Chavez of the South American country, a close ally of both Cuba and Russia.

Cuban state media reported that former Cuban leader Raúl Castro also flew to Caracas for the occasion.

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Foodfuel and medicine Hours-long queues have devastated the island and prompted a mass exodus of Cubans over the past year, many from the north. USAturned to

In February Russia It gave Cuba an “emergency” 25,000 tons of wheat to help combat shortages on the island, the second such gift in a year and a sign of deepening ties between the two longtime allies.

Ukraine suffering from Western sanctions due to its conflict Russia With other countries opposing the so-called US hegemony political and seeks to strengthen economic relations.

Cuba has been under a US economic embargo since the 1962 communist revolution led by former leader Fidel Castro.

Reporting by Dave Sherwood in Havana; Edited by Alexander Smith

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2023-03-06 06:22:31
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