United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Bruno Rodriguez of Cuba held a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.

Both diplomats exchanged opinions on current issues of the Russian-Cuban association, including issues on the regional and international agenda.  Likewise, Lavrov and Rodríguez paid special attention to the development of economic-commercial and humanitarian relations.

According to a statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, Lavrov said that Moscow and Havana have "very close and warm friendly relations, both at the level of the heads of state and members of the government and between the foreign ministers."

"Today we discussed upcoming contacts planned at the political level, particularly in the context of the consideration of current issues in the development of our economic cooperation, and a meeting of the intergovernmental commission is being prepared. Of course, we discussed our joint work, the coordination of actions at the United Nations and on other international platforms," Lavrov said.

Lavrov told journalists in New York that Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has been invited to Russia.