China urges U.S. to stop blockade, coercion, pressuring against Cuba

BEIJING, July 6– China urges the U.S. to stop its blockade, coercion and pressuring against Cuba at once, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, expressing firm support for Cuba in defending national sovereignty and standing against external interference.

Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily press briefing, in response to a query that Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recently warned that the U.S. embargo against Cuba has brought pressure to an “unsustainable” level and amounted to “genocide,” and the Cuban side requested a special session of the UN General Assembly on July 7.