The Cuban diplomat told Prensa Latina on Monday that, during the meeting, he presented a copy of a recent report published by Havana detailing the social, economic, and humanitarian costs the US blockade imposed on the island between March 2025 and February 2026.

Valdes noted that he explained to Bejanov the policy of economic strangulation Washington has imposed on his country— intensified in recent months by a severe energy blockade—which has caused immeasurable harm to the Cuban people.

He also conveyed that on October 27 and 28, Cuba will once again present the resolution titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” to the United Nations General Assembly.

During the meeting, which the Cuban diplomat described as productive, there was an extensive exchange regarding the state of multilateral and bilateral relations between the two countries.

Cuba was one of the first Latin American countries to recognize the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan in December 1991, and diplomatic relations between Baku and Havana were established in 1992.

However, ties between the two peoples were forged in the mid-20th century, when thousands of Cubans studied at university and technical institutes in the then-Soviet republic.

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