Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, spoke at the United Nations 69th General Assembly on Saturday, slamming the United States for its unilateral application of economic sanctions as an implement of foreign policy, decrying the five decades-old embargo the United States has on Cuban goods.
The extraterritorial implementation of the US laws to the detriment of other sovereign nations is ever more aggressive…There is a proliferation of unilateral sanctions, particularly in the area of finances, as a foreign policy instrument.
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
The Minister claims that the United States uses its economic sanctions against other regimes to unfairly secure financial resources, citing the $8.9 billion fine against BNP Paribas for violating US sanctions against Sudan as an example of this kind of behavior.
[Yahoo News, At UN, Cuba slams US sanctions]