Russia says Cuba fuel blockade must be lifted immediately

MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in a phone conversation with his Cuban counterpart Gerardo Penalver on Friday stressed the importance of immediately ending the US trade, fuel and financial blockade of Cuba, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. "Topical issues of bilateral cooperation were considered," the ministry noted. "Sergey Ryabkov confirmed the principled position regarding the unacceptability of exerting economic and military pressure on Cuba, the need for an immediate end to the trade, fuel and financial blockade of the island by the United States," the statement reads.