00:00China has urged the United States to stop using sanctions and legal pressure against Cuba
00:05while publicly expressing support for the Caribbean nation.
00:09Beijing's remarks came after Washington indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro
00:14on murder-related charges linked to a decades-old case
00:19as Trump administration escalated pressure on the island's government.
00:24Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China firmly supported Cuba
00:30in protecting its sovereignty and national dignity.
00:33Raul is the younger brother of Fidel Castro, who led Cuba's 1959 communist revolution
00:39and remained a major adversary of the U.S. for decades.
00:43Den Dykman accuses Raul of ordering the shoot-down of two small civilian planes in 1996,
00:49killing four Americans.
00:50Raul, who turns 95 next month, was Cuba's defense minister at the time.
00:55Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the indictment as a political stunt
01:00that sought to justify America's military aggression against Cuba.
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