United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated this Monday that “there is no military solution” for Cuba and called for “constructive dialogue” following threats of invasion directed at the country by U.S. President Donald Trump.

“We are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in Cuba and we believe there is no military solution that can be pursued for Cuba. We need a constructive dialogue to ensure that the Cuban people do not continue to suffer so dramatically,” Guterres noted during a press conference at the UN headquarters in Nairobi.

The Secretary-General likewise reiterated the UN’s rejection of the sanctions imposed against Cuba by Washington, emphasizing that they “violate international law.”

Guterres made these statements after Trump claimed on the 1st of this month that he would take “control” of Cuba “almost immediately” after finishing the “work” in Iran, referring to the offensive launched alongside Israel in late February against the Islamic Republic.

Furthermore, the U.S. President signed a new executive order that day to extend the scope of sanctions against Havana to cover nearly any non-U.S. person or company maintaining commercial relations with the island, particularly in the energy, defense, security, and finance sectors.

According to the new executive order, any person or company operating in these sectors or doing business with the Cuban government could face a total freeze of their assets in the United States.

Since last January, Washington has intensified economic pressure on Havana with an oil blockade that has almost entirely prevented the entry of crude oil and fuels from abroad, while repeatedly urging the Cuban government to change the island’s economic system and political regime.