[Cuban Foreign Minister meets visiting Russian Foreign Minister] April 21, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Havana, Cuba, on 20 April local time. Rodriguez thanked the Russian government for its firm support to Cuba during the COVID-19 epidemic and in opposing the blockade imposed by the United States. Rodriguez criticized "some countries unilaterally imposing sanctions on Russia" and "the expansion of NATO," and stressed that Cuba advocates a peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Lavrov condemned the economic and financial embargo and trade embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba and opposed the intention of the United States to impose its own will on the world.