The lower house of the Russian parliament has reiterated its call for the United Nations and international parliamentary organizations to urge the United States to end a half-century long economic blockade of Cuba.
The State Duma adopted the declaration prepared by the Communist Party's faction on Friday.
"Declarations of new approaches to foreign policies based on unconditional respect of commonly recognized international legal principles, which followed the current U.S. administration's coming to power, gave us hope that an end to the economic, trade and financial blockade of Cuba will be confirmation to [U.S. authorities'] refrain from forcible methods to resolve international issues," the State Duma lawmakers said in a statement.
But the United States continues to "break norms and principles of relations between sovereign states" and "ignores the opinions of the overwhelming majority of international community members represented in relevant UN General Assembly's resolutions," the document said.
The United States began its embargo on Cuba, which has become the longest economic blockade in history, on October 19, 1960, after Cuba nationalized the properties of U.S. citizens and corporations.
RIA Novosti
