At the start of his Latin American trip to Cuba, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reaffirmed the intention of closer economic relations with the economically hard-hit island state. New incentives had recently been created for Russian companies to invest in Cuba, Lavrov said in Havana on Monday. He met there with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez. Lavrov is scheduled to meet with head of state Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela on Tuesday before taking part in a meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday and Thursday. Ru…