Spain will provide humanitarian aid to Cuba through the UN — food and essential medicines, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday after a meeting between Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez in Madrid, LETA reports, citing DW.
Spain and Cuba plan to "strengthen political, economic and trade dialogue, as well as cooperation for the benefit of both countries," Rodríguez announced on the platform "X."
Earlier, Cuba received 800 tons of humanitarian aid from Mexico. The cargo was delivered to Cuba last week by two military ships.
The economic and energy crisis in Cuba has been significantly exacerbated by the U.S. blockade of oil supplies.
After the U.S. invaded Venezuela, which is a key oil supplier and Cuba's closest ally, and captured its president Nicolás Maduro, Caracas ceased oil shipments to Cuba.
At the end of January, U.S. President Donald Trump called Cuba "an extraordinary threat to U.S. national security" and threatened all countries continuing to supply oil or petroleum products to Havana with additional tariffs.
On February 13, the UN expressed concern over the worsening crisis in Cuba.
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Fui recibido por el Canciller de #España @jmalbares durante mi paso por Madrid.
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