Washington: US senators sought to increase pressure on the Obama administration on Wednesday to respond after a North Korean cargo ship in Panama was found carrying what appeared to be military equipment loaded in Cuba.
Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the administration should reverse a January 2011 decision easing some travel restrictions and remittances sent to Cuba and stop granting visas to Cuban government officials.
Separately, Democrat Robert Menendez, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the matter should be submitted to the UN Security Council for review.
Panama stopped the North Korean ship last week and discovered arms and weapons from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar, prompting oncerns that Cuba violated the UN arms embargo on Pyongyang.
"I believe that this revelation, in addition to Cuba's failure to address its abysmal human rights record, should finally prompt the Administration to re-calibrate its misguided and naive Cuba policy," Rubio wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry.
Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the administration should reverse a January 2011 decision easing some travel restrictions and remittances sent to Cuba and stop granting visas to Cuban government officials.
Separately, Democrat Robert Menendez, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the matter should be submitted to the UN Security Council for review.
Panama stopped the North Korean ship last week and discovered arms and weapons from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar, prompting oncerns that Cuba violated the UN arms embargo on Pyongyang.
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"I believe that this revelation, in addition to Cuba's failure to address its abysmal human rights record, should finally prompt the Administration to re-calibrate its misguided and naive Cuba policy," Rubio wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry.
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