The Government of China This week he rejected the embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States, which he accused of depriving the Cuban people of their “right to survival and development,” and assured that he will continue to provide support to the island “within his capabilities,” in the face of a possible tightening of US sanctions.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun expressed Beijing’s “deep concern” and its “firm opposition” to Washington’s measures, which he urged to end “immediately,” considering that they “violate international law” and “undermine regional peace and stability.”
“We ask the US side to stop depriving the Cuban people of their right to survival and development, to end the blockade and sanctions against Cuba,” Guo said at a Foreign Ministry press conference.
The spokesperson added that China “will continue to provide support and assistance to Cuba within its capabilities” and was convinced that the island’s population “will overcome its temporary difficulties.”
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Growing pressures from Washington
The statements come after the Cuban Government denounced a tightening of the US embargo, especially in the energy field, and at a time when media such as Political They have reported that President Donald Trump’s Administration would be studying blocking the arrival of oil to the island.
Russia, one of the main allies of both Havana and Beijing, considered on monday “alarming” a possible total closure of the energy supply to the Caribbean country.
On January 20, China approved emergency aid that includes 80 million dollars in financial assistance and a donation of 60 thousand tons of rice, according to the Cuban Presidency.
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Cuba is going through a serious economic and energy crisis, marked by shortages of basic products, lack of fuel and frequent blackouts, a context that Cuban authorities largely attribute to the tightening of US sanctions, in addition to internal factors and the cumulative impact of the pandemic.
The island has been mired in one of its worst crises for several years due, among other factors, to the inefficiency of its centralized economic system, resulting in shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other basic products.
