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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China urges the United States to immediately end the blockade and sanctions against Cuba under any pretext and do more to improve relations with the Cuban side and promote regional peace and stability, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a ministry press briefing on Friday.
As one of the journalists pointed out, the US State Department recently announced the introduction of visa restrictions on officials from African countries, Brazil, Cuba, Grenada, former officials of the Pan American Health Organization and their family members participating in the Cuban government’s medical missions abroad. It is noted that the United States intends to put an end to Cuban medical missions abroad as an exploitative practice of forced labor, and warns countries cooperating with Cuba to “think twice.”
Commenting on this information, Mao Ning noted that, according to Cuban government statistics, over the past 60 years, Cuba has sent over 600,000 medical workers to more than 60 countries, who have provided medical services to over 230 million people and performed over 17 million operations and surgical interventions, thereby saving the lives of over 12 million people.
She noted that Cuba's international medical cooperation plays an important role in the health systems of Latin American and Caribbean countries, as well as African countries, and is welcomed by both the governments and peoples of the respective countries.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the so-called “forced labor” has become a false pretext and a hegemonic tool for the United States to suppress other countries, and the U.S. measures represent a continuation and strengthening of the more than 60-year-old unpopular sanctions and blockade against Cuba. –0–
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