HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 19 (acn) Addressing the 27th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela, President Raul Castro reiterated that Cuba is willing to maintain civilized relations with the United States, but will never renounce any of its principles, or yield its sovereignty and independence.
Cuba will not yield in the defense of its revolutionary and anti-imperialist ideals, or its support of the nations´ self-determination, Raul stressed.
He recalled that 21 months ago, Cuba and the United States announced their decision to reestablish diplomatic relations and since that point in time some advancement has taken place in the diplomatic field and in cooperation issues of mutual interest. But, he said, this has not been the case in the trade and commercial arena due to the limited reach of the measures thus far adopted by Washington, which he also described as positive.
Cuba will continue to demand the lifting of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade, which has inflicted so much damage and limitations to the Cuban people and which also affects other countries due to its extraterritorial nature, Raul noted and went on to say that Cuba will also continue to claim the return to its people of the illegally occupied territory of Guantanamo, where Washington maintains a naval base.
If those claims are not met there cannot be normal relations between Cuba and the United States, Raul said and also pointed to the need that Washington should put down current policies that damage Cuban sovereignty, such as subversive programs against the island.
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