China says it will ‘resolutely support’ Cuba against US pressure

(AFP/Al Arabiya) China will “resolutely support” Cuba against sustained threats from the United States, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, days after President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for dialogue with Washington. Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when US forces captured then-Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and deprived Havana of its main source of oil. – China says it will ‘resolutely support’ Cuba against US pressure