Bernama. Febuary 23 , 2001 10:44AM

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Bernama-DPA) - Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque wound up a Singapore visit by urging Asian nations to support the lifting of U.S. economic sanctions on his country and held out hopes for stronger economic ties with the region, media reports said Friday.

"We are looking forward to having normal relations with (the) U.S., but so far, that has not been possible," The Straits Times quoted Roque as saying.

The 40-year-old economic blockade was imposed soon after President Fidel Castro took charge and declared Cuba a Communist country in 1961. --BERNAMA

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