It further urged the “relevant country”, without naming America, to stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade on the latter. In a veiled rebuke of the United States, China in its speech at the United Nations General Assembly called for the sovereignty of Gulf countries to be respected.
During the two leaders’ meeting, Trump warned Xi against providing support to Iran, terming it “unacceptable”, and received assurances that China would not do so, the US ambassador to China said on Friday, according to Reuters news agency. A US-imposed oil blockade which started January led to worsened blackouts Cuba, putting under severe strain its aging power generation system , according to Reuters. “ China holds that all countries, big or small, are equal members of the international community, and that world affairs should be handled by all through consultation,” Han added.
The warning came after reports of Beijing supplying shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers, and helping Iran with satellite data, came out.
Han’s remarks came after Cuba’s electrical grid suffered a total collapse earlier this month, plunging the nation into darkness and leaving millions without power.
