“Declaring the situation surrounding Cuba as an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security’ of the United States and declaring a state of emergency might seem curious in another case,” the senator wrote on his Telegram channel.

In that regard, he added that the White House’s arguments are hardly credible, given that it is the richest and most heavily armed country on the planet against a small island with a population of only a few million, which has been the target of threats from Washington for decades.

Kosachev expressed his conviction that it is clear Havana does not threaten the United States in any way; however, “the actions of the U.S. authorities have been hostile for years and are now especially serious,” he emphasized.

According to the senator, with his decree, Trump is giving himself and his cabinet free rein to apply measures against third-party states that provide Cuba with energy, food, and other vital products, knowing that the Caribbean island is currently suffering a severe shortage of these resources.

“The reasons for declaring the emergency are absolutely absurd: Havana’s cooperation with ‘hostile states.’ This ‘article’ could be used to accuse most countries in the world,” the senator noted.

In this regard, he argued that the alleged links between Cuba and the Palestinian movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah “are not proven in any way; that is, it is an entirely fabricated argument, like the ‘involvement in drug trafficking’ of the Venezuelan leadership.”

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