Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Beijing, Feb. 5. - China today expressed its opposition and rejection of the hostile policy of the United States against Cuba, which has been intensified in recent days with new measures by the U.S. administration.
China consistently opposes U.S. intervention in Cuba's internal affairs under the pretext of freedom, democracy and the fight against terrorism, and supports the just struggle of the Cuban people to defend their sovereignty and dignity, and their opposition to the blockade and sanctions, the Foreign Ministry reported.
To a question from Prensa Latina, the spokesperson's office emphasized that Washington "is going backwards historically, going deeper and deeper into the wrong path of sanctions and blockade."
It also added that the northern nation has openly placed itself against justice and equity, which is widely rejected by the international community.
Beijing reiterated the call to Washington to lift the total blockade against the island as soon as possible and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
It also urged the US administration to do more to improve relations between Cuba and the United States, as well as to promote regional peace and stability.
In its statement, the Foreign Ministry recalled that the US blockade against the Caribbean island for more than 60 years seriously violates international law and causes great suffering to the Cuban people.
Recently, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, reinstated the Restricted List of Cuba, a step in the restoration of the tough US policy towards Havana in the next four years.
In a statement entitled Reestablishment of a tough US-Cuba policy, the head of US diplomacy not only returned to that list the entities already sanctioned, but added another: Orbit, S.A., a channel for sending remittances to the Caribbean nation.
During his first term (2017-2021), Trump imposed at least 243 restrictive measures that reinforced the economic, commercial and financial blockade that has weighed on the Cuban people for more than six decades and that characterized his government's maximum pressure policy. (Text and photo: PL)
