French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Thursday described the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba. As illegal and acknowledged its consequences for the lives of the island’s population.
In a question-and-answer session with the government in the National Assembly. The Prime Minister noted that France opposes this decades-long policy every year at the UN. Doing so in its capacity as a member of the General Assembly and a permanent member of the Security Council.
Lecornu intervened after Stéphane Peu, president of the Democratic and Republican Left group in the lower house, demanded a response from Paris. Both nationally and at the European level. To the decree issued by Donald Trump last week threatening tariffs on countries that supply or send oil to Cuba.
Peu denounced the impact the new measure will have on vital sectors of the population and the instability it will bring to the Caribbean. A region where France has a presence through its overseas territories of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint Martin.
Moreover the communist deputy called for humanitarian assistance for the Cuban people. And the activation of European Union mechanisms to combat the extraterritoriality of the US embargo and any unilateral attempts to obstruct aid.
According to the Prime Minister, France has assisted Cuba whenever it has deemed necessary and will continue to do so. Although he made no mention of Trump’s decree labeling the island nation an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States. Nor of the oil embargo he intends to impose by pressuring third parties.
In his remarks, Lecornu mentioned the Cuban people but distanced himself from the Cuban government. After which Peu reminded him that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuban doctors assisted French overseas territories.
With information from Prensa Latina
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