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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, October 31 (Xinhua) — China calls on the United States to heed the international community's call to immediately lift the embargo and sanctions against Cuba and remove it from the list of "state sponsors of terrorism," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.
On October 29, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution calling on the United States to end the economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba. The document was approved by 165 votes in favor, seven against, and 12 abstentions. The United States was among the seven countries that voted against.
As Guo Jiakun noted at a regular press briefing, the United States has been imposing a brutal blockade and illegal sanctions on Cuba for more than six decades, which is a gross violation of the fundamental norms of international relations, including the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
According to him, the blockade and sanctions seriously infringe on Cuba's rights to existence and development and cause enormous harm to the Cuban people.
The adoption of the draft resolution demonstrates the international community's broad support for the Cuban people's just struggle to defend their national sovereignty and to resist external interference and the blockade, and once again demonstrates that unilateralism and bullying are neither supported nor popular, the Chinese diplomat stated.
For 33 consecutive years, China has voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning the U.S. embargo against Cuba. China will continue to firmly support the Cuban people in their struggle against external interference and the embargo, and in pursuing a development path suited to Cuba's national conditions, Guo Jiakun assured.
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