Cuba, Russia has granted a loan of EUR 150 million dollars for the purchase of agricultural and construction equipment and has signed cooperation agreements with Cubans in the mining and fishing - on Wednesday informed the Cuban media.

According to Prensa Latina, the agreement signed on Tuesday by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sieczina and Cuban Vice President Ricardo Ruiz Cabrisasa, is proof of warming relations between the two countries. Equipment covered by the loan will be used for the areas devastated last year by three hurricanes that caused the loss of more than 10 billion dollars.