Russian Embassy urges US to abandon sanctions and blockade policy

The Russian Embassy in the United States welcomes the plans of Washington and Havana to hold consultations and calls on the American side to abandon the policy of sanctions and blockade. This is stated in a statement published on the page of the diplomatic mission on Twitter.

“We welcome the new round of high-level talks between Havana and Washington scheduled for April 21st. Dialogue is always better than no dialogue. <...> It is high time for the United States to abandon the fruitless course of a blockade and sanctions in foreign policy,” the statement said.

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Earlier, Reuters reported the intention of US and Cuban officials to meet in Washington on Thursday, April 21, to discuss migration policy.

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The US severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 and imposed an economic blockade of the island. After 53 years, at the end of 2014, Washington and Havana announced the beginning of the restoration of dialogue. After that, the American embassy reopened in Cuba, and the country was visited by the US President Barack Obama.

With the arrival of Republican Donald Trump to the White House, Washington's position on relations with Cuba has changed, in particular, the United States has restored a number of restrictions lifted by Obama.

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Since 1992, the UN General Assembly has repeatedly opposed the trade and economic blockade of Cuba by the United States and adopted relevant resolutions.