Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday there are no talks with the United States government in an apparent response to comments the day before by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting the two sides were in conversations.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that the U.S. was “talking to Cuba.” He did not specify what had been discussed in the alleged conversations but said “you´ll find out pretty soon.”
Diaz-Canel denied any ongoing conversations except for technical contacts in the migration field.
“As history demonstrates, in order for the relations between the United States and Cuba to advance, they must be based in international law instead of hostility, threats and economic coercion,” Diaz-Canel said.
Trump said on Sunday that no more Venezuelan oil or money would go to Cuba, adding that the island should strike a deal with Washington.
In return, the Cuban President rejected Trump’s threat on social media, suggesting the U.S. had no moral authority to force a deal on Cuba.
“Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. Nobody dictates what we do,” Diaz-Canel said on X. “Cuba does not attack; it has been attacked by the U.S. for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the homeland to the last drop of blood.”
In another post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Sunday that Cuba had the right to import fuel from any suppliers willing to export it. He also denied that Cuba had received financial or other “material” compensation in return for security services provided to any country.
