On the 15th, Cuban President Diaz Caner condemned the US announcement of sanctions against the Cuban International Trade Bank, accusing the US of continuing to wage war against the Cuban economy and other fields. On social media, Diaz Caner denounced the US sanctions against the Cuban International Trade Bank in order to further attack the Cuban people, damage the Cuban economy, and impose collective punishment on the Cuban people. Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez said on his social media on the same day that the Cuban International Trade Bank is a completely legal bank, and its transactions between Cuba and the rest of the world are also completely legal. The US sanctions the bank with the intention of imposing maximum punishment on the Cuban people and “shutting down every pressure relief valve in the Cuban economy.”

On the 15th, Cuban President Diaz Caner condemned the US announcement of sanctions against the Cuban International Trade Bank, accusing the US of continuing to wage war against the Cuban economy and other fields. On social media, Diaz Caner denounced the US sanctions against the Cuban International Trade Bank in order to further attack the Cuban people, damage the Cuban economy, and impose collective punishment on the Cuban people. Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez said on his social media on the same day that the Cuban International Trade Bank is a completely legal bank, and its transactions between Cuba and the rest of the world are also completely legal. The US sanctions the bank with the intention of imposing maximum punishment on the Cuban people and “shutting down every pressure relief valve in the Cuban economy.”