Santiago de Cuba, Oct 6, - The Indonesian ambassador to Cuba, Teiseran F. Cornelis, condemned the extraterritorial nature of the United States economic blockade against Cuba and said it is an obstacle to Cuba's market relations with distant countries.

Cornelis reiterated his country's condemnation to the blockade and their adherence to the resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations expressing global rejection to this measure that have been approved almost unanimously for 22 years.

Cornelis expressed Indonesian entrepreneurs' interest on increasing their ties in Latin American countries, whose economies are growing and its population represents a large market.

He referred to the ties with Cuba in various fields such as education, trade and biotechnology as well as in sports, mainly in boxing, that includes Cuban coaches training athletes for their country.

Cornelis, who also represents Indonesia in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, gave a lecture on the history, culture and the reality of his country to students and professors of the Oriente University during his third visit to Santiago de Cuba.