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The Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Gov­ern­ment of Cu­ba has con­demned a new es­ca­la­tion of mea­sures by the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment aimed at re­strict­ing fu­el sup­plies to the coun­try.

In a state­ment is­sued in Ha­vana on Jan­u­ary 30, the gov­ern­ment said an ex­ec­u­tive or­der signed by Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Jan­u­ary 29 de­clares a na­tion­al emer­gency that would al­low the Unit­ed States to im­pose trade tar­iffs on im­ports from coun­tries sup­ply­ing oil to Cu­ba.

The state­ment said the or­der in­cludes ac­cu­sa­tions against Cu­ba, in­clud­ing a claim that the coun­try pos­es a threat to Unit­ed States na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty. The gov­ern­ment re­ject­ed this claim and said it is aware that such as­ser­tions are not sup­port­ed by facts.