# Russia vows to continue aid to Cuba through UN World Food Programme

https://mins.news/en/item/113505

- TASS, 2026-10-23 23:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2207209

> Russia will keep supporting Cuba through the UN World Food Programme despite logistical difficulties, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov said. Two shipments totaling just over 750 tons of sunflower oil have arrived since June. He said the US energy embargo harms ordinary people and that the blockade’s humanitarian effects extend beyond politics.

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