Cuban leader Raul Castro congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in U.S. presidential election, NY Times reported.

“The Chairman of the State Council and of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz sent a congratulatory telegram to Mr Donald Trump in connection with his election to the position of the President of the United States of America,” Cuba’s foreign ministry said.

This short communiqué was still the only official reaction of Havana to presidential election in the U.S. with which Cuba has well-tuned relationship and bilateral dialogue since 2014.

At the same time the Cuban government the start of strategic military exercises on Wednesday to prepare for a possible “hostile acts” against the island nation. Bastion-2016 exercises will be held from 16 to 18 November on the entire territory of Cuba and will continue on November 19-20, when national days of defense are celebrated, Granma reported.