Cuba hopes to get international help to lift US trade blockade


Important Meeting: Anifah Aman (left) talking to his Venezuelan counterpart Rodriguez (right) during a bilateral meeting in Caracas. —Reuters

PETALING JAYA: Cuba is seeking Malaysia’s support to get the United States to lift a five-decade long trade blockade against it.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, who is in Havana, said Cuba believed that the international community’s support is crucial to help it achieve progress.

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