Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced this Friday that Moscow is prepared to continue assisting Cuba in the face of the more than six-decade-long financial, commercial, and economic embargo imposed by the United States, exacerbated by the energy strangulation policy implemented by the White House.
During a bilateral meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, held on the sidelines of the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi, the Russian Foreign Minister “expressed his readiness to assist Havana in implementing its just demand for the immediate lifting of the US economic, commercial, and financial blockade of the island,” according to a press release issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The statement adds that Lavrov “reiterated his readiness to provide Havana with the corresponding political, diplomatic, and material support amid this unprecedented escalation.”
During the meeting, the two foreign ministers held a conversation “in a friendly and constructive tone,” in which they discussed key issues on the bilateral agenda and shared perspectives on international and regional matters.
Both sides reaffirmed their opposition to the implementation of unilateral sanctions that circumvent the UN Charter.
The US economic war against Cuba, and the use of unilateral restrictive measures to punish sovereign states in general, was also condemned during the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. The member states of this group expressed their solidarity with the Cuban people.
During the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, Rodríguez denounced the United States for the energy blockade and the threat of direct military attack imposed on his nation.
For more than sixty years, the United States has maintained an economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba, which has a negative impact on the national economy. According to a report by the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the accumulated damages from Washington’s economic war against Havana exceed $170.677 billion. The White House recently intensified this siege with more coercive and unilateral measures.
IMAGE CREDIT: During a bilateral meeting with Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, his Cuban counterpart, Lavrov reiterated Russia’s willingness to provide Havana with the corresponding political, diplomatic, and material support amidst the criminal US escalation. Photo: @SputnikMundo
[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]
