Cuba: Official communiqué

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The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez made a statement on his x account about the recent removal of the Caribbean country from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list.

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00:00The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, made a statement on his ex-account

00:04about the recent removal of the Caribbean country from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list.

00:10The statement by the Cuban head of state reads,

00:12I thank all those who contributed to the decision announced today by the U.S.

00:18to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism,

00:21of which it should never have been part and which, together with two other measures taken,

00:27has had a severe impact on the country and Cuban families.

00:31The communiqué continues as follows,

00:33It is a decision in the right direction, although belatedly and with limited range.

00:39The blockade and most of the extreme measures that were enforced since 2017

00:44to suffocate the Cuban economy and cause shortages to our people are still in force.

00:50Finally, it concludes,

00:51We will continue to confront and denounce the economic war and the actions of interference,

00:57disinformation and discredit financed with U.S. federal funds.

01:02Likewise, we will not give up on developing

01:04a civilized and respectful relationship of our sovereignty with the U.S.

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