{"id":1959449,"date":"2023-06-28T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-and-russian-defense-ministers-discuss-military-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:32:36","slug":"cuban-and-russian-defense-ministers-discuss-military-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-and-russian-defense-ministers-discuss-military-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban and Russian Defense Ministers talk military cooperation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuban-and-russian-defense-ministers-discuss-military-cooperation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Joint &#8220;Technical Military&#8221; Projects Discussed by Cuba and Russia<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-violates-taiwans-airspace-amid-xi-biden-video-call\/\" title=\"China Violates Taiwan\u2019s Airspace amid Xi-Biden Video Call\">defense ministers<\/a> of Cuba and Russia engaged in discussions about the development of joint &#8220;technical military&#8221; projects this week at a meeting in Moscow. This comes just days after mercenaries marched towards the Russian capital, adding to the intrigue surrounding the meeting.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Increasing Economic Ties<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-and-russian-defense-ministers-discuss-military-cooperation\/\" title=\"Cuban and Russian Defense Ministers talk military cooperation.\">longtime political allies<\/a>, both subject to U.S. sanctions, have significantly strengthened their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-praises-companies-for-standing-up-to-ga-while-critics-warn-they-are-playing-into-chinas-hands\/\" title=\"Biden praises companies for standing up to Ga. while critics warn they are playing into China\u2019s hands\">economic ties<\/a> in recent months. This has facilitated trade and investment, allowing them to bypass the restrictions imposed on them.<\/p>\n<h3>Extending Cooperation to the Military<\/h3>\n<p>Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu proposed this week to extend the cooperation between the two countries to their militaries. According to a report in Prensa Latina, Shoigu expressed his willingness to discuss a wide range of military and military-technical issues with Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The composition of your large delegation testifies to Cuba&#8217;s readiness to discuss a wide range of issues in the military and military-technical sphere,&#8221; Shoigu said in the report. &#8220;I propose to discuss in detail all the existing and promising cooperation projects in the military field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shoigu&#8217;s dismissal had been one of the main demands of mutineers led by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin over the weekend.<\/p>\n<h3>Rejecting Sanctions and Expanding NATO<\/h3>\n<p>Cuba&#8217;s defense minister Alvaro Lopez expressed Havana&#8217;s rejection of the sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. He also reiterated Cuba&#8217;s position that U.S. efforts to expand NATO had forced Russia&#8217;s hand in Ukraine, as stated in a Russian military statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;History will demand responsibility from the United States for the consequences of its aggressive military doctrine beyond the borders of NATO, which threatens peace, security, and international stability,&#8221; Lopez was quoted as saying in the Russian military statement.<\/p>\n<h3>Amidst Allegations and Denials<\/h3>\n<p>The meeting took place shortly after the United States expressed &#8220;deep concerns&#8221; about Chinese intelligence and military activities in Cuba. The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported that Beijing was planning a spy base and new military training facilities on the island. However, Cuba has denied these allegations, citing a lack of evidence. They maintain that the only military incursion on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-sees-biggest-anti-government-protests-in-decades\/\" title=\"Cuba Sees Biggest Anti-Government Protests in Decades\">communist-run island<\/a> is the &#8220;illegal&#8221; military base operated by the United States at Guantanamo.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Reporting by Dave Sherwood in Havana; Additional reporting by Guy Faulconbridge in Moscow; Editing by Daniel Wallis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defense ministers of Cuba and Russia met in Moscow to discuss joint &#8220;technical military&#8221; projects. This comes shortly after mercenaries approached the Russian capital. Despite facing U.S. sanctions, the long-standing political allies have significantly strengthened their economic relations in recent months, enabling further cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1959450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}