The Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, lashed out this Thursday against a recent statement by the G7 for overlooking the “cruel impact” of the blockade and the “economic war” which, according to Havana, the Government of the United States maintains against the Caribbean country.
“The recent G7 meeting statement by foreign ministers omits the reality of the cruel impact of the blockade, the economic war and the energy siege of the Government of the United States against Cuba, which constitutes a flagrant, massive and systematic violation of the Human Rights of the Cuban people and violates the sovereignty of third States,” the minister said in a message shared on social media.
Rodríguez denounced that this is a “genocidal” policy which, he recalled, was censored “once again by the international community recently at the General Assembly of the United Nations.” “Instead, the G7 opts to repeat false arguments fabricated by Washington to justify the criminal blockade,” he stressed. “Cuba is not a threat; the blockade is,” he added.
After two days of meetings in Paris, the G7 foreign ministers, made up of the US, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada, issued on Wednesday a statement in which they expressed their “concern about the deep economic crisis and humanitarian needs” in Cuba, without mentioning at any point the US blockade.
Nevertheless, the heads of diplomacy of the group called for “concrete measures in favor of a multiparty democratic governance, freedom of the press and freedoms of expression and association.” They also urged to promote “constructive dialogue.”