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Irina Kiviko took the initiative to hold a forum of Russian-Cuban friendship in Crimea



Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Crimea and Chairman of the regional organization of the Russian Society of Friendship with Cuba Irina Kiviko took the initiative to hold a forum of Russian-Cuban friendship. In her opinion, the forum can be held in the summer of 2022 in Crimea and discuss issues of mutually beneficial cooperation in the economy, education, culture and tourism.

"Crimea and Cuba are similar in many ways and they are united not only by the fact that they are surrounded by seas, but also by the fact that Cubans and Crimeans are distinguished by their steadfast character and willpower. We have something to discuss and there is ground for cooperation," she said, speaking at the presentation of the photo album "The First: Gagarin and Cuba" in Moscow.

The photo album is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of manned cosmonautics and the first visit of Yu. A. Gagarin in Cuba. It was released with the assistance of "Roscosmos" and the Russian Society for Friendship with Cuba (RODC). Cosmonaut pilots, heroes of Russia, attended the presentation: Fedor Yurchikhin, Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, heads of the central office and regional organizations of the RODC, the Embassy of Cuba in the Russian Federation, the State Corporation "Roscosmos", the All-Russian Union of Veterans of Space Forces, the Commonwealth of Soldiers-Internationalists - "Cubans".

Irina Kiviko noted that during the Crimean Forum it is planned to discuss the possibility of signing agreements between universities of Crimea and Cuba on student exchange, the development of joint programs for teaching in Russian, training for the tourism industry and others. The forum is planned to be held in the village of Olenevka in Chernomorsky region.

According to Irina Kiviko, the venue for the forum was not chosen by chance: the coast of Tarkhankut resembles Cuba in many ways. She recalled that a memorial sign to Fidel Castro was installed in Olenevka, there is an initiative to install a monument to Ernesto Che Guevara, naming the embankment in honor of Russian-Cuban friendship. Activists of the Crimean regional branch of the RODC are also working to support veterans who took part in resolving the Caribbean crisis in 1962.

December 16, at the Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library named after I.Y. Franco in Simferopol will open a major exhibition on the Day of the Liberation of Cuba. It will feature more than 100 photos about Cuba, as well as postcards with views of Liberty Island, books and photo albums.



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