Cuba, Russia Work on Reactivating Ties

[Judi Lynn]

Associated Press
Cuba, Russia Work on Reactivating Ties
02.28.2005, 02:32 PM

A Russian delegation traveled to Cuba in hopes of reactivating economic and political ties between the two countries ahead of bilateral talks in Moscow, state media reported Monday.

Grigori Elkin, head of Russia's Federal Agency of Technical Standardization and Metrology, led last week's delegation to Havana. He met with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and Minister of Government Ricardo Cabrisas, the government's weekly business newspaper Opciones reported.

Cuban are traveling to Moscow in March for a meeting of the Joint Inter-Government Russia-Cuba Commission.

Cuba is most interested in prompting exchange with Russia in the automotive, transportation, biotechnology, aviation and tourism industries, Opciones reported. Officials from the island's sugar ministry said they also want to strengthen trade with Russia.
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http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/02/28/ap1853412.html

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Hey look what $50bl oil does for a country.

It is called 'blowback', the unintended consequences of messing around in the real world. Ooops, looks like Russia has taken a look at we are up to and decided that it both needs to re-establish its presence as a great power in the world, and thanks to our idiocy, now has the capital to do so. Gee I can't imagine why Putin re-nationalized the oil industry, can you?

[bemildred]

3. Heh.

:thumbsup:

[Mika]

2. Cuba is on the rise. USA is on a decline.. a steep decline.

Almost all of the Latin Americas is giving _Bush's America the cold shoulder and warming up to Cuba. As well as CARICOM. As well as the E.U. As well as Canada. As well as China (and most of Asia).

And now Russia.

:wow:

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Pale Rooski Bodies Sunbathing on Varadero Beach...

Pale Russian bodies soaking up solar rays on Varadero Beach, turning as red as the old Soviet Union's flag as they get sunburned, and not a dad-blamed thing that Buckaroo Bush or the Bug Man from Sugarland can do about it.

Not to mention that the Russians do have a hold on Cuba that the Rulin' Dubya Posse and their Banana Republican allies don't--a big whacking outstanding debt left over from the Cold War.

[arwalden]

5. Bush *Is* A UNITER... "Cuba And Russia... Together Again... TLA!"