Adding Cuba to List of Sponsors of Terrorism Again Not Fight Against Terrorism, Moscow Says

© Sputnik . Natalia SeliverstovaThe high-rise building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (right) and the Vodovzvodnaya tower of the Moscow Kremlin (left).
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A decision to put Cuba back on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism is not about fighting terrorism, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump re-designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing a recent decision by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

"It is quite clear that this is not really about fighting terrorism. The previous US administration said there was no evidence of Cuba's support for international terrorism. And that remains an undeniable fact. We think it is necessary to reiterate it: Cuba has an impeccable, exemplary reputation as an active participant in international cooperation in the fight against terrorism," Zakharova said in a statement.

A US and Cuban flags hang from a wall with an old photo camera hung in between in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan 11, 2021.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.01.2025
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Russia will continue to provide the necessary support to Cuba in defending state sovereignty and upholding the demands for an immediate and complete end to the illegal and inhumane economic, commercial, and financial blockade of the island by the United States, as well as the exclusion of Havana from the list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
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