Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov met with Cuban President Diaz-Canel. The parties discussed a number of issues, including the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
Lavrov also laid flowers at the monument to the poet José Martí in Havana. The meeting took place on February 19, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. The statement did not say what exactly the conversation was about, but it was said to have been about the conflict in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, among other things.