Regarding the announcement by the Government of the United States of new measures further tightening the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against the Republic of Cuba, including actions aimed at obstructing the supply of oil to the country and the imposition of sanctions on third States that engage in legitimate commercial relations with Cuba, which have clear extraterritorial effects, the Group stresses that these measures are contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, and undermine multilateralism, international economic cooperation and the rules-based, non-discriminatory, open, fair and equitable multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core. At the same time, they aggravate Cuba's difficulties to carry out financial and commercial operations, threatening the livelihood and integrity of the Cuban population.

As stated in successive ministerial declarations of the G77 and China, the Group reaffirms its call upon the Government of the United States to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba for more than six decades that constitutes the major impediment for its full development. At the same time, the Group regrets the measures implemented by the Government of the United States since November 9th, 2017, which strengthen the embargo, including the arbitrary inclusion of Cuba in the unilateral list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism.

The Group reaffirms its solidarity with Cuba and calls upon all States to uphold multilateralism, international cooperation and solidarity, and to fully respect international law and the Charter of the United Nations, in order to advance sustainable development, equity and shared prosperity for all.