ロシア外相、キューバに謝意　ウクライナ侵攻に「完全な理解」

【ハバナ（キューバ）ＡＦＰ＝時事】中米キューバを訪問しているロシアのセルゲイ・ラブロフ外相は２０日、ウクライナ紛争への「完全な理解」に謝意を表した。（写真はキューバ・ハバナで、ロシアのセルゲイ・ラブロフ外相〈左〉と会談するブルノ・ロドリゲス・パリジャ外相。ロシア外務省提供。）
　ロシア外務省のメッセージアプリ、テレグラムへの投稿によると、ラブロフ氏はキューバのブルノ・ロドリゲス・パリジャ外相との会談で、「現況に至った原因の評価において、キューバの友人たちが特別軍事作戦（ロシアのウクライナ侵攻）開始時から立場を明確にし、完全な理解を示してくれたことに感謝する」と述べた。
　ラブロフ氏は同日、キューバのミゲル・ディアスカネル大統領やラウル・カストロ元国家評議会議長とも会談し、米国の対キューバ制裁を「違法かつ不合理だ」と非難。ロシアも「現在の状況のずっと以前から米国の制裁対象になっている」と述べた。
　キューバは６０年以上前から米国の制裁対象となっている。
　ラブロフ氏はキューバを皮切りに中南米の同盟国歴訪を開始した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/04/21-16:38）

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday thanked Cuba for its full understanding over the war in Ukraine as he began a visit to the island nation during his tour of Latin American allies.
We appreciate that from the start of the special military operation, our Cuban friends... have clearly shown their position and expressed their full understanding in their evaluations of the reasons that led to the current situation, said Lavrov during a meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez, according to the Russian foreign ministry's Telegram account.
Lavrov, who also met Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his predecessor Raul Castro on Thursday, blasted US sanctions against Cuba as illegal and illegitimate.
He noted that his country has also been the object of American sanctions... long before the current events.
Cuba has been under a US embargo for more than six decades.
Under former president Donald Trump, who was in power from 2017-21, Washington ramped up sanctions, which have continued during Joe Biden's time in the White House.
Russia has faced severe sanctions by the United States, Canada and the European Union after invading Ukraine in February 2022.
Since Lavrov arrived in Havana on Wednesday night, the US embassy in the capital has been lit up in the colors of the Ukraine flag.
Lavrov also visited Brazil, Venezuela and Nicaragua during his week-long trip to Latin America.