HAVANA, Dec 31 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received US Senator Ron Wyden of the state of Oregon, who is visiting the island.
During the meeting, Díaz-Canel ratified Cuba’s willingness to work together in order to improve bilateral relations for the benefit of both peoples and seized the opportunity to discuss the impact on Cuba of the extreme measures taken by the US government against the Caribbean nation.
In 2021, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden introduced the bill titled the US-Cuba Trade Act of 2021.
“Congress has a moral and economic obligation to the American people to improve US-Cuba relations as quickly and safely as possible,” the also Senate Finance Committee Chairman said at the time.
Later Wyden met with Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo. They stressed the significance of the meeting and agreed to strengthen inter-parliament relations and addressed possibilities for cooperation in areas of common interest for the two nations, on the basis of mutual respect.
Previously, the US democratic senator met with Ana Maria Mari Machado, vice-president of the Cuban Parliament, who was accompanied by Arelys Santana, chair of the Parliament Commission on the Attention to the Youth, Children and Women’s Rights and by Johana Odriozola, vice-minister of Economy and Planning.
The Cuban lawmaker addressed the impact of the US blockade of the island nation and other sanctions imposed by the US administration as well aspects related to the legislative work of the Cuban Parliament.
Ron Wyden has favored the normalization of bilateral relations between the US and Cuba. — NNN-ACN
