Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a legal document approving the military cooperation agreement signed by Russia with Cuba in March this year.
In March this year, the two governments signed military cooperation agreements in the capital of Cuba, Havana, and Moscow, respectively.The Russian State Duma (House of Parliament) and the Federal Committee (House of Parliament) ratified the agreement in October, respectively.TASS on the 15th that the ratification of this military cooperation agreement will contribute to the development and strengthening of military cooperation between the two countries, providing the necessary legal basis for determining the objectives, direction and form of bilateral military cooperation.
The Russian newspaper, citing the first deputy chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma, Novikov, on the 8th that the agreement "opens up a wide range of options" for Russia's response to the situation in the Latin American region and brings Russian relations "back to the tradition of the Soviet era".