“We are reading many messages about this. It is worrying information. We know that our Cuban comrades are determined to defend their interests, to defend their independence,” the Kremlin spokesman told the press.

Peskov’s statements are based on a Politico newspaper article about Washington’s plans to block the Cuban government’s access to hydrocarbons.

In this regard, the head of the Russian presidential press service emphasized that “we also highly value our special bilateral relations with Cuba.”

The US media outlet reported last Friday, citing government sources, that President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a total embargo on oil imports from Cuba.

The day before, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, described this move as a brutal assault against a peaceful nation that poses no threat whatsoever to the United States.

In that regard, the diplomat condemned these measures as irrefutable proof that the economic hardships faced by the Cuban people are primarily caused and orchestrated from Washington.

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