{"id":200854,"date":"2019-06-17T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=200854"},"modified":"2019-06-17T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:29:16","slug":"eu-foreign-ministers-address-application-of-helms-burton-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/europe\/eu-foreign-ministers-address-application-of-helms-burton-act\/","title":{"rendered":"EU foreign ministers address application of Helms-Burton Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) addressed this Monday in Luxembourg the diplomatic efforts to achieve a political solution to the Venezuelan crisis and the consequences of the application of the U.S. Helms-Burton Act on Cuba, among other current affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini informed the ministers about the first contacts made by the special adviser for Venezuela, Enrique Iglesias.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, it rendered account on the meeting recently held by the international contact group\u2015boosted by the EU to promote conditions in which fair presidential elections can be held in Venezuela\u2015with the Lima group, composed of American countries critical of the government of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/span><\/p>\n

The EU supports any dialogue that allows finding a peaceful and political solution to the crisis in Venezuela, such as the negotiations between the government and the opposition taking place in Oslo, as long as they are complementary to its diplomatic efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The contact group, which will meet again soon, has access to all parties involved in this conflict, as well as to civil society.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several diplomatic sources considered that the time is not right to speak of sanctions, although the Council of the EU is continuing its preparatory work for a legislative framework to apply them.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, Mogherini addressed the effects of the activation by the United States of the Helms-Burton Act, which allows filing lawsuits in U.S. courts against foreign companies with interests in the Caribbean island and which have benefited from land or property expropriated after the Revolution of 1959.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 24, Mogherini discussed the matter with Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez; both showed their rejection of this measure by Washington and assessed the next steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mogherini and Rodr\u00edguez assess responses to activation of Helms-Burton\u2019s Title III<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n