Vietnam asks US to lift embargo against Cuba

Friday, 16:09, 23/06/2017

VOV.VN - “Vietnam opposes any unilateral embargoes that a country imposes on another country,"Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 23 in reply to reporters’ question regarding the US’s recent adjustment of its policy towards Cuba.

Hang said the US needs to lift its embargo against Cuba, adding that Vietnam wants Cuba and the US to resolve disagreements through negotiation and dialogue in the spirit of respecting each other’s independence and sovereignty and looking towards the full normalization of bilateral relations, for the legitimate interests of the two countries’ people, thereby actively contributing to the maintenance of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

“Vietnam calls on the US to lift its embargo against Cuba which has been enforced for more than five decades,” the official noted.

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Vietnam asks US to lift embargo against Cuba

VOV.VN - “Vietnam opposes any unilateral embargoes that a country imposes on another country,"Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 23 in reply to reporters’ question regarding the US’s recent adjustment of its policy towards Cuba.

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