Cuba denies any role in seized biodiesel shipments, energy minister tells Reuters
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Key points
- Cuban Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Havana (Oct 12) that there was "no contract of any kind with ENETEC S.A." and that no Cuban state-owned company had managed to secure any fuel contracts, rejecting US claims of government involvement in Cuba-bound biodiesel shipments seized in September.
- The US said last week it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel worth nearly $3 million under contracts involving ENETEC, a sanctioned Cuban state energy trader, as part of a crackdown on fuel deliveries to the island.
- De la O Levy said US fuel exports are permitted only to Cuba's private sector, not the government, and imports cover less than 3% of the country's fuel needs.
Summary
Cuban Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Havana (Oct 12) that there was "no contract of any kind with ENETEC S.A." and that no Cuban state-owned company had managed to secure any fuel contracts, rejecting US claims of government involvement in Cuba-bound biodiesel shipments seized in September. The US said last week it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel worth nearly $3 million under contracts involving ENETEC, a sanctioned Cuban state energy trader, as part of a crackdown on fuel deliveries to the island. De la O Levy said US fuel exports are permitted only to Cuba's private sector, not the government, and imports cover less than 3% of the country's fuel needs. Cuba and the United Nations have called the US oil blockade illegal and contrary to international law.
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Cuba denies government involvement in biodiesel shipments seized by US authorities
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