President Raul Castro Arrives is in Russia for Official Visit

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 28 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro today arrived in Russia to begin an official visit next January 30, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

The Cuban Head of State was welcomed at the Vnukovo Airport, in the outskirts of the capital Moscow, by Deputy Foreign Minister Serguei Riabkov.

During his stay in Russia, Raul Castro will hold official talks with President Medvedev and with other top government Russian officials.

The visit to Russia by the Cuban Head of State takes place in the context of excellent bilateral friendship and cooperation relations between Moscow and Havana.

Russia has been the third country, after Venezuela and Brazil, and the first European nation to have been visited by Raul Castro, since he was elected Cuban President.

(Presidente cubano Raúl Castro llega a Rusia)