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Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2019 07:56

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Photo: ACNHavana, Jul 9.- The main objective of the Helms-Burton Act is to put obstacles to the natural tendency of rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, said Carlos Fernández de Cossío, the United States Director General of the Ministry of Foreign relations of the Caribbean island.

At the end of his participation in the International Relations Commission, which is taking place today at the Havana Convention Center, the diplomat stressed that most of the people of the United States prefer a more respectful relationship with the Greater Antilles.

Even if there is no political or ideological coincidence with Cuba, there is a tendency towards a better understanding, and this is demonstrated by the actions of the US citizens and the majority of Cubans who have decided to reside in the northern neighbor, the official added. .

Fernández de Cossío insisted that the politicians of the current US administration should be asked about their efforts to put obstacles to the rapprochement and how that fits into their conception of democracy.

The director general recalled that, in the current context, bilateral ties are in a state that cannot be described as positive because the US government has proposed the relationship with the island with a sense of hostility based on lies or the manufacture of pretexts.

He highlighted among the actions the application of additional economic blocking measures to suffocate the Cuban economy, cause damage to the standard of living of the population and put obstacles to the transformations that the country is taking to develop it in a prosperous and sustainable way.

The United States is isolated more and more by applying unilateral sanctions but they have an extraterritorial application, the diplomat emphasized, exemplifying the broad international rejection of Helms-Burton, mainly in countries that have an exchange of cooperation with Cuba, as is the case Europeans, Latin Americans and Canada.

So far none of the demands that have been filed have been successful against any foreign actor investing in Cuba and the antidote laws establish that if it is affected, those laws seek remedy for the affected and a retaliatory action for those who are suing, he added.

Fernández de Cossío said that there is recognition of Cuba's effort to develop in such an adverse context. (PL)