{"id":243685,"date":"2021-09-15T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=243685"},"modified":"2021-09-15T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:28:33","slug":"cuba-opposes-debate-in-european-parliament-on-human-rights-on-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/europe\/cuba-opposes-debate-in-european-parliament-on-human-rights-on-the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba opposes debate in European Parliament on human rights on the island"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban <\/span>National Assembly of People\u2019s Power<\/span><\/a> (ANPP) described this Monday as a \u201cpoliticized exercise\u201d the upcoming debate in the European Parliament (EP) on human rights on the island and accused its promoters of responding to U.S. interests.<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement of the ANPP\u2019s International Relations Commission maintains that the MEPs who have promoted the debate, scheduled for September 16, \u201crespond to Washington\u2019s agenda.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

“We have closely followed the most recent events in the European Parliament and we note with indignation that the same small group of MEPs who respond to Washington’s agenda has managed to impose a new debate on Cuba this September 16, dragging behind them the political groups of which they are members, which once again turns this legislative body into a sad hostage of an aggressive escalation, alien to genuinely European interests and contrary to the spirit of respectful dialogue that has prevailed in relations between Cuba and the European Union”, states the text published in the ANPP’s official Facebook account.<\/span><\/p>\n