Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has suggested that Havana would accept humanitarian aid from the United States if it is delivered in accordance with internationally recognised practices.

But he added that, if the goal were truly to relieve the suffering of the Cuban people, the US would do better to lift its trade embargo on the island.

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The president’s remarks came in a social media post on Thursday, one day after the US offered $100m in humanitarian aid to Cuba.

“If the US government is truly willing to provide aid in the amounts it has announced and in full accordance with universally recognised humanitarian practices, it will not encounter obstacles or ingratitude from Cuba,” Diaz-Canel wrote.

The aid offer,…