Cuban President Diaz-Canel says talks held with US amid Trump threats
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Miguel Diaz-Canel says discussions held to find solutions ‘through dialogue’ as Washington tightens oil blockade.
Cuban officials have held talks with the United States government to seek solutions to the crippling blockade imposed by Washington, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said, as the Trump administration’s threats to take over the Caribbean nation escalate.
“These talks have been aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences we have between the two nations,” Diaz-Canel said in a video aired on national television on Friday.
Diaz-Canel said “international factors have facilitated these exchanges”.
He said no petroleum shipments have arrived on the island in the past three months, which he blamed on the US energy blockade.
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