Moscow criticizes Trump's remarks about Fidel.
The statements made by the president-elect regarding the death of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, will remain on Donald Trump's conscience, the director of the Latin America Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr Schetinin, told RIA Novosti. Trump called Fidel Castro a "dictator" and promised to help Cuba prosper. "As for the statements and desires to express oneself disrespectfully regarding the life of a deceased politician, let that remain on the conscience of those who make them," Schetinin said.
From the Sputnik Agency
The president-elect's statements about the death of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro will remain on Donald Trump's conscience, the director of the Latin America Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr Schetinin, told RIA Novosti.
Fidel Castro died at the age of 90, late on the night of Friday, November 25th. Raul Castro announced his brother's death on national television.
Trump called Fidel Castro a "dictator" and promised to help Cuba prosper. "As for the demonstrations and desires to express oneself disrespectfully regarding the life of a deceased politician, let that remain in the conscience of those who do so," Schetinin said.
According to the Russian diplomat, "Fidel Castro, whatever his views regarding political forces may have been, was a great political figure of our time and deserves the respect of all." The leader of the Cuban Revolution died at the age of 90 on Friday at 22:29 PM (00:29 Brasília time) in Havana. The funeral will be held on December 4th in Santiago de Cuba, a symbolic city of the Cuban revolutionary process, where the commander spent his childhood.
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