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Russia urges Trump to discard 'Cold War' policy on Cuba
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Jun, 2017
The US administration's new policy toward Cuba indicates a return to the
Cold War, and Washington needs to listen to the international
community's voice on this issue, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
"The
new policy on Cuba announced by US President Donald Trump brings us
back to the already forgotten rhetoric in the style of the 'Cold War'.
Such an approach has characterized the US attitude to Cuba for decades,"
the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Noting that the
past five decades has shown the futility of "the arrogant style of doing
business with Cuba", the ministry warned the US government that the
anti-Cuban discourse, still in high demand though, would only cause
regret, Xinhua reported.
Trump announced on Friday new
restrictions on Americans' travel to Cuba and US business with the Cuban
military, a step to tighten the US policy toward the neighbouring
country.
The move is seen as an attempt to roll back parts of
Obama's policy of normalizing US-Cuba diplomatic ties, which was
introduced in December 2014.
It urged the Trump administration to
pay attention to the anti-blockade resolutions repeatedly adopted by
the UN General Assembly, which represent the almost unanimous voice of
the international community on Cuba.
The ministry also reiterated
Russia's "unshakable solidarity" with Cuba, adding that Moscow is for
dialogue and cooperation, instead of blockades, sanctions or outside
interference in internal affairs of sovereign states.
The US
severed its ties with Cuba in 1961, shortly after Fidel Castro launched a
revolution that toppled a US-friendly government, and the two countries
had been at loggerheads ever since.
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