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Government of Cuba asks the US to remove it from the list of sponsors of terrorism

The Biden administration on Wednesday excluded Cuba from the list of countries that do not fully cooperate with counterterrorism efforts.

Bruno Rodríguez © Granma
Bruno Rodriguez Photo © Granma

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba requested the United States Government to definitively exclude it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, cataloging its inclusion as arbitrary and unfounded.

He statement from the Cuban government It was published this Wednesday, after knowing the decision of the President's Administration Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the list of Countries that do not fully cooperate with anti-terrorism efforts.

"However, the State Department itself maintains Cuba on a list that designates States that supposedly 'sponsor' terrorism. It is an absolutely unilateral and unfounded list, whose sole purpose is to slander and serve as a pretext for the adoption of coercive economic measures," Minrex said.

The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, recognized changes in the conditions that previously justified the inclusion of Cuba in the list of Countries that do not cooperate with anti-terrorist efforts.

This suggests a possible repositioning of US policies towards Cuba and could indicate a first step towards removing the island from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a measure that could lead to a more constructive relationship between both countries.

"The demand that the United States government correct this injustice is loud and reiterated, on the part of not only the Cuban people, and numerous governments, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean, but also from political, social and religious organizations within United States," Minrex insisted.

The Cuban government believes that "the President of the United States has all the prerogatives to act honestly and do the right thing." However, this decision cannot be made arbitrarily by Biden.

The State Department clarified that the designation in the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, which includes Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba, is managed independently and requires compliance with precise legal criteria and standards established by the US Congress.

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