00:00Alongside the Russian government strongly condemned the latest restrictive measures
00:04by the United States on Cuba, Moscow says the measures are illegitimate, contrary to
00:08international law, and said Washington is trying to strangle the Cuban economy.
00:13The statement was delivered by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zajarova
00:19in reference to the declaration of a national emergency in the United States regarding Cuba,
00:24for it allegedly poses a threat to its national security.
00:26Zajarova said this is a reiteration of a historical and unilateral policy of pressure against
00:31Cuba and that these illegal measures have been imposed disregarding the framework of the
00:36United Nations in condemning the hostile blockade that Washington has imposed on Havana for over
00:4260 years.
00:43Zajarova reaffirmed the historical and special ties between Russia and Cuba.
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