HAVANA, Jan 17 (NNN-ACN) — In a post on X, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanked international leaders and institutions for their solidarity and support after Cuba was removed from the alleged state sponsors of terrorism.
“We express our sincere gratitude to governments, presidents, former presidents and ministers, organizations, friends in solidarity, and all the people and institutions that supported and welcomed the exclusion of Cuba from the arbitrary list of state sponsors of terrorism”, he wrote.
Once the U.S. government’s decision on Jan 14 to lift Cuba’s designation as terror sponsor―a move described as correct but insufficient―the international community showed its solidarity with the Caribbean nation, which received congratulatory messages from the foreign ministries of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and China that also demand the end of the unjust U.S. blockade of the island.
Likewise, the measure earned praise from leaders such as the presidents Claudia Sheinbaum (Mexico) and Luis Alberto Arce (Bolivia) and Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren (Chile), as well as from former presidents Ernesto Samper and Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia), Manuel Zelaya (Honduras) and Evo Morales (Bolivia), among others.
Organizations and bodies such as the Puebla Group, the Colombian Government’s Peace Delegation to the Talks with the National Liberation Army, the Sao Paulo Forum, and ALBA-TCP also issued related statements and celebrated this step in the hope that it will pave the way for the end of the blockade.
Along with the removal of Cuba from the infamous list, the U.S. announced a waiver of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and the elimination of the list of Cuban entities banned from engaging in financial transactions with U.S. citizens and institutions, which has had fallout on third countries. — NNN-ACN
