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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday called on the United States to immediately lift sanctions on Cuba and remove it from the list of “state sponsors of terrorism.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the statement at a regular press conference when she was asked to comment on US President Donald Trump’s signing on Monday of a memorandum on toughening US policy toward Cuba.
Mao Ning noted that over the past 60-plus years, the United States has imposed a brutal blockade and illegal sanctions against Cuba, seriously violating Cuba’s right to existence and development, violating the basic norms governing international relations, and causing grave hardships to the Cuban people.
China firmly supports Cuba in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions and opposes the US unilateral sanctions under the guise of so-called freedom and democracy, Mao Ning said.
The lifting of sanctions against Cuba and its removal from the list of “state sponsors of terrorism” is also a common call of the international community, she added. -0-