Raul Castro Meets with Visiting Russian Army General

During the meeting, both leaders spoke of several topics relating to
bilateral relations and also about topics of international interest.
Raul asked the visitor to pass on greetings to his Russian
counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, to the military forces of the Russian
Federation and to the Russian people.
For his part, Makarov thanked Raul for the warm welcome given to his
accompanying delegation and for the opportunity to exchange ideas and
experiences with Cuba’s top leaders and military chiefs.
Also present in the meeting were, on the Cuban side, Army Corps
General, Deputy FAR Minister and Chief of FAR’s General Staff Alvaro
Lopez Miera as well as Division General Leonardo Andollo Valdes and
Brigade General Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.
The Russian side included Moscow’s ambassador to Havana, Mijail L.
Kaminim; Lieutenant General Alexander V. Shliajturov; Major General
Viacheslav M. Proshkin and the Russian Air, Naval and Military Attaché
in Cuba, Colonel Vladimir A. Androsov.