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Cuban FM: Trump's statements on Cuba do not conflict earlier agreements

22 June 2017 01:54 (UTC +04:00)

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said that one of the factors that prompted Obama to enter into a dialogue with Cuba was the strong, unanimous consensus of the Latin American and Caribbean countries that advocated the cancellation of the economic blockade of Cuba and opposed its exclusion from global political processes.

None of the clauses in US President Donald Trump's presidential decree concerning Washington's new policy toward Havana exclude the possibility of continuing a bilateral dialogue or the implementation of previously signed agreements, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said in a Wednesday interview with RT, APA rpeorts.

On Friday, Trump rolled back his predecessor Barack Obama's historic opening of relations with Cuba, announcing new business and travel restrictions to the Caribbean island nation. The White House noted that the United States retained the embargo imposed on Cuba and opposed the appeals of the United Nations and other international organizations to abolish it.