Cuba doesn't threaten US: Lavrov

MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Cuba poses no threat to the United States and Washington should end its sanctions policy against it, Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday.

"I think that I will not exceed my powers if I say that I have never seen any hostility toward the United States on the part of Cuba during my contacts with Cuban friends," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference after meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque who was visiting Moscow.

"In principle we view any policy of sanctions, blockades and embargoes as counterproductive," Lavrov said. "These measures are envisioned in the United Nations Charter, and they can be taken by the U.N. Security Council when it is necessary to fend off or prevent any threat to peace or security. We do not see such threats from Cuba."