JAKARTA - The Cuban government said on Friday (29/5) that the threat of US aggression against his country is increasing amid economic pressure and tightening sanctions.
"The danger of military aggression against Cuba is increasing every day," said Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro in a parliamentary session reported by ANTARA from Sputnik.
According to Ferreiro, the US has increased economic pressure on Cuba in recent months through restrictive measures to cripple the country's economy and trigger a humanitarian crisis.
"The economic war imposed more than six decades ago has been tightened in an unprecedented way in recent months," he said.
Ferreiro also accused the US of creating a new pretext to increase pressure on Cuba and potentially justify military action against the country.
He added that Cuba had criticized the accusations against revolutionary leader Raul Castro and called them "rude and unfounded insinuations".
According to him, Cuba does not pose a threat and does not carry out hostile activities against the US.
"Cuba does not want conflict. We have always been a country that upholds peace, solidarity, and mutual respect with other countries," he said.
Ferreiro stressed that Cuba would defend its sovereignty and independence if faced with aggression.
In January, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing the imposition of tariffs on imports from oil-supplying countries to Cuba as well as establishing a national state of emergency on the grounds of Cuba's alleged threat to US national security.
According to the Cuban government, the US move worsened fuel shortages and affected power plants, transportation, food production, health services, and education.
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