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China Slams US Sanctions on Cuba as ‘Sabotage’ of TiesWorld
Beijing says the new US measures are illegal and an example of long-arm jurisdiction, and it has vowed to defend the Chinese firms named.
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China has condemned a fresh round of United States sanctions against Cuba, accusing Washington of trying to “sabotage” its relations with the island.
The sanctions, announced by the US State Department on Thursday, target Cuba’s oil and electronic sectors. For the first time, they also cover two Chinese companies accused of supplying Cuba’s military with electronics and other security equipment.
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China’s foreign ministry said it vehemently opposed the move, describing the sanctions as illegal and an example of “long-arm jurisdiction”.
“China firmly opposes US interference in and sabotage of China–Cuba cooperation,” ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a news briefing. He warned that Beijing would take “all necessary measures” to safeguard its businesses.
Two Chinese firms named
The Chinese companies named in the latest list are the state-owned China National Electronic Import-Export Company, known as CEIEC, and the private firm Beijing H&C Technologies. The list also extends to Any Rodriguez Lastres, the daughter of the head of GAESA, Cuba’s largest military-controlled business conglomerate.
Since January, Washington has imposed new sanctions and an oil blockade on Cuba, a campaign that has crippled the island’s economy and led to widespread blackouts and shortages of basic necessities, according to the report.
US President Donald Trump has hinted at launching a military intervention to overthrow Cuba’s ruling Communist Party, and last month the American Secretary of State urged Cubans to work with US intelligence services, the report said.
The measures mark the first time Chinese companies have been swept into the American sanctions programme against Cuba. Washington accuses the two firms of supplying the island’s military with electronics and other security equipment, a charge Beijing rejects as part of what it calls illegal long-arm jurisdiction.
The inclusion of Any Rodriguez Lastres widens the net beyond companies. She is the daughter of the head of the Grupo de Administracion Empresarial SA, known as GAESA, which the report describes as Cuba’s largest military-controlled business conglomerate.
The sanctions announced on Thursday build on action taken since January, when Washington began a fresh round of measures and an oil blockade against Cuba. According to the report, that campaign has crippled the island’s economy and brought widespread blackouts and shortages of necessities.
The latest measures are the newest step in a pressure campaign that began in January, and Beijing has made clear it intends to defend the Chinese companies now caught in it.
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