Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold negotiations with Cuban President of the Council of State Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on November 2, the Kremlin press service reported.

"There are plans to discuss the state and prospects of the further consolidation of Russian-Cuban strategic partnership in various spheres and discuss opinions on current international and regional problems," the press service said.

The Cuban president’s official visit to Russia will start on November 1. His visit to Moscow will become his first visit to a foreign state beyond the Caribbean.

Under the Cuban constitution, the Cuban President of the Council of State is the state and government leader and is elected for a five-year term. Diaz-Canel, aged 57, replaced Raul Castro, 86, who had been Cuba’s president since 2008. Other candidacies to this post were not considered.

Since 2013, Diaz-Canel has served as First Vice President of Cuba, who is the second person in Cuba’s hierarchy.