{"id":236684,"date":"2021-03-26T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=236684"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:42:47","slug":"cuba-and-eu-continue-dialogue-focused-on-u-s-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-eu-continue-dialogue-focused-on-u-s-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and EU continue dialogue focused on U.S. embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba and the <\/span>European Union (EU)<\/span><\/a> ratified this Thursday its willingness to hold a dialogue on unilateral coercive measures based on full respect for \u201csovereign equality, independence, legality and non-interference in the internal affairs of states,\u201d <\/span>said Havana\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the third round of the dialogue on Unilateral Coercive Measures\u2014held virtually\u2014delegations of the Cuban government and the European bloc debated in a \u201crespectful and constructive\u201d atmosphere about the damages caused by the U.S. economic, commercial and financial <\/span>embargo<\/span><\/a> on Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The parties considered that this measure affects both the Cuban people and the economic and commercial interests of the EU, according to a statement released by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

The island\u2019s representation thanked the EU for its support for the United Nations resolution that demands the end of the \u201cU.S. blockade,\u201d as well as its condemnation in international meetings of the application of Titles III and IV of the <\/span>Helms-Burton Act<\/span><\/a>, and the denunciation of Cuba\u2019s inclusion in Washington\u2019s list of state sponsors of terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement points out that the essential segment of the Dialogue was the exchange on existing regulatory provisions in the EU and its member states to counteract the extraterritorial dimension of the coercive measures applied by the United States to the island. In this sense, the parties also addressed Regulation 2271\/96 of the Council of the European Union, as well as other initiatives that could be developed to face the extraterritorial application of the Helms-Burton Act.<\/span><\/p>\n

The delegations were headed by Mar\u00eda del Carmen Herrera, acting director general for Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) of Cuba, and the deputy director general for the Americas of the European Foreign Action Service, Javier Ni\u00f1o.<\/span><\/p>\n

This 3rd round of the Dialogue on Unilateral Coercive Measures gave continuity to the meeting held in November 2019 in Havana and is framed in the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (ADPC) between Cuba and the EU.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of last February, <\/span>Havana and Brussels held their third round<\/span><\/a> of the Dialogue on Human Rights, a month after they held the 3rd Joint Council, in which they took stock of their bilateral relations, explored cooperation priorities during the next seven years and debated on the implementation and follow-up of the political dialogues and sector policies established in the APDC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba and EU address in Havana escalation of U.S. embargo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n