Cuban Investment and Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca (left, 2nd) at a meeting with EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (right, 2nd) in Havana, Cuba on January 3, 2018 (Photo:AFP/VNA)

She called the US embargo against Cuba obsolete and illegal, and said its only effect is to degrade Cuban people’s lives.

US President Donald Trump has banned trade that affects Cuban military. The Cuban government says Cuba is ready to normalize its relations with the US despite Trump’s policy setback.