Guantánamo.- The director of the Latin American Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Shchetinin, demanded an end to the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for more than six decades.During a brief visit to Panama, the diplomatic official spoke to Prensa Latina and referred to the strength of bilateral relations between Havana and Moscow, reestablished 65 years ago.
“Cuba is a strategic partner in the region, but our ties are also multifaceted. We maintain close political dialogue, economic cooperation, and multiple human ties that unite both countries,” he emphasized.
Schetinin remembered that as a legacy of the so-called Cold War, the United States is intensifying its economic, commercial, and financial siege at all costs, a hostile policy destined to fail in its objective of overthrowing the Revolution that triumphed in 1959.
There are elements within the northern country determined to worsen the situation of the Cuban population. There are forces that are betting on overthrowing its current system, but they will not succeed, he noted, due to the firmness and great national unity.
He also described Cuba’s inclusion on a list of alleged sponsors of terrorism as obsolete and lacking in arguments and called for the Caribbean nation to be immediately removed from the spurious list.
Cuba has the majority support of the international community, he said, especially within the United Nations, whose General Assembly approves a resolution year after year condemning the measure and urging Washington to cease the unjust practice.
