Moscow, March 24 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated today his country’s solidarity with Cuba in the face of the escalating US threat.
“We reaffirm our solidarity with our Cuban friends in their right to a sovereign path of development,” Lavrov said Tuesday at the event at the AM Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support.
The Russian foreign minister also stressed his concern about the increased US pressure on the Caribbean island.
Lavrov indicated that his country will continue to support Cuba, particularly by sending humanitarian aid. “We will continue to provide assistance and support, including material and humanitarian aid,” he emphasized.
On January 29, US President Donald Trump imposed an ‘oil embargo’ on Cuba, arguing an alleged threat to the national security of the American nuclear power.
In his latest escalation of tensions with Cuba, Trump threatened countries around the world with tariffs if they supplied oil to the Caribbean nation.
According to the Cuban government, Trump is using this “energy blockade” to stifle the Caribbean country’s economy and make living conditions for its people intolerable.
Washington’s energy blockade adds to the economic, commercial, and financial embargo they have maintained against Cuba since 1962 to generate discontent among the population and provoke a social crisis that will lead to a change of government.
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