Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) waves after arriving at Havana's Jose Marti airport November 27, 2008.

HAVANA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Thursday noon in Havana, where he was welcomed by Cuban vice President Ricardo Cabrisas.

Medvedev is scheduled to have official meetings with Cuban Leader Raul Castro, and visit places of social and cultural interests in Havana.

Medvedev visited Cuba at the invitation of Castro, and it is the last stop of his tour to Latin America, which included short visits to Peru, Brazil and Venezuela.

Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Minister Rodrigo Malmierca and Russian ambassador to Cuba Mikhail Kamynin also went to the Cuban international airport Jose Marti to welcome Medvedev.

Medvedev's visit to Cuba is the fourth visit to Cuba by a Russian President, after the trips of Leonid Brezhnev in 1974, Mikhail Gorbachov in 1989 and Vladimir Putin in 2000.

The two sides are expected to cooperate on new projects of bilateral cooperation on transport, energy, communications, education, medical pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and tourism.