On his account on X, formerly Twitter, the Cuban head of State referred to statements by the Mexican president on Monday, when he assured that “his country will continue to support Cuba in everything it needs, including oil, for which it does not need to ‘ask for permission’ to any foreign government.”

On Monday, our foreign minister, @BrunoRguezP, announced the presentation of the Resolution vs #Blockade at the United Nations General Assembly. And we received another message of support for that fight from brother @lopezobrador, Díaz-Canel stressed in his message.

Thanks to Andrés Manuel and so many people in solidarity with #Cuba. We will win, he noted.

On Monday, AMLO denied rumors about an alleged financial sanction by the United States against the company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for the sale of crude oil to the Cuban Government, and remarked,

“We are going to do everything we can to help the people of Cuba, so that they no longer have any doubts, including oil, because they are a people who are suffering from an inhumane, unjust blockade, and we cannot turn our back on them. ”

Under the administration of the incumbent Mexican president, the historic relations between the two countries have been strengthened, which was expressed, among other things, in mutual support in the confrontation against the Covid-19 pandemic, and the shared defense of the right to sovereignty and self-determination.

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