Havana, Cuba ? Russia’s president met with ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, winding up a visit aimed at freshening relations with his country’s old Cold War ally and raising Moscow’s profile across the rest of the Latin America.

Dmitry Medvedev spent hours talking and sightseeing with President Raul Castro before meeting privately with his 82-year-old older brother.

Medvedev said he was happy with his visit when he left the island Friday evening, Cuba’s Prensa Latina news agency reported.

“Everything has gone very well,” Prensa Latina quoted the Russian president as telling local reporters. “We have defined what we are going to do next, we have cleared up everything regarding credits, and in Russia we will await President Raul Castro’s visit.”