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Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, stated this Tuesday that the island is not isolated internationally and boasted of support from China, Russia, and the international community, in an exclusive interview given to the Turkish agency Anadolu from Istanbul.
His statements come a day after President Donald Trump said at the White House that the United States could make a stop in Cuba after concluding its war against Iran, describing the island as "a nation in decline."
"Cuba is not isolated at all, as the United States tries to show the world," Camejo stated. "On the contrary, we have the support of the international community, which has been expressed not only in the General Assembly but also by the Non-Aligned Movement, CELAC, the G77, and China."
As evidence of that support, the Deputy Minister cited the resolution approved in October 2025 by the UN General Assembly —for the thirty-third consecutive year— calling for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, with 165 votes in favor, seven against, and 12 abstentions.
What Camejo omitted is that this result was the worst for the Cuban regime since 1992, with a drop of 22 votes compared to the previous year, when it received 187 supports.
Regarding relations with Moscow and Beijing, the official rejected Washington's accusations that Havana supports "hostile countries" and defended Cuba's sovereign right to trade with any nation.
"As a sovereign country, Cuba is willing and capable of developing economic and trade relations with any nation, including China, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, and any other country in the world," he declared.
In parallel, he outlined a red line regarding the political system: "I can categorically confirm that the Cuban political system is non-negotiable. It is not part of any negotiation table, if we can even have one. And, of course, neither the president nor the position of any official is negotiable."
At the same time, he opened the door to dialogue with Washington on issues such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism, noting that "there are a large number of topics of mutual interest" that "we can address cooperatively."
Camejo's statements come amid the most severe energy crisis Cuba has experienced in decades, exacerbated by the Executive Order signed by Trump on January 29, which imposed a fuel blockade on the island and threatened sanctions against countries that supplied oil to it.
Since then, Cuba has received virtually no shipments of fuel, except for one from Russia. The deputy minister acknowledged that the blockade costs the Cuban economy about 7 billion dollars annually and has a "devastating impact" on daily life.
"The country is deteriorating due to the energy infrastructure, which is causing blackouts and prolonged power outages that our people suffer every minute," he admitted.
According to their own figures, there are nearly 100,000 patients on the waiting list for a surgical operation, including almost 2,000 children; up to 40,000 pregnant women are waiting for an ultrasound; and more than 30,000 children are not receiving vaccinations on time due to a lack of refrigerated transportation.
Despite acknowledging the deterioration, Camejo insisted that the system "is not collapsing" and warned that "any external aggressor will encounter an impenetrable resistance from our people."
The Cuban regime has intensified its approach to Russia in recent weeks: it signed a bilateral trade and investment program extending to 2030 and agreed that Russian companies will manage industrial facilities on the island, while Díaz-Canel stated in an interview with NBC that Cuba is open to receiving U.S. oil investment in exploration and drilling.
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