A press release sent by the diplomatic mission to Prensa Latina informed that solidarity with Havana was ratified in a context marked by the tightening of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States administration.
Cuban Ambassador to Ethiopia, Meylin Suarez, summarized during the meeting the high-level visits made from her country to this capital in 2025 and the exchanges held with the Ethiopian People’s House of Representatives (Parliament).
Suarez highlighted, among those, the meeting between Parliament Speaker Tagesse Chafo and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, as an expression of the strengthening of bilateral political dialogue.
The ambassador also emphasized the role played by the Ethiopian Parliament in calling for the removal of the Caribbean nation from Washington’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.
The diplomat explained the current circumstances facing Havana, which have been aggravated by the increase in coercive measures and the hostile rhetoric of the US government.
Yeshimbet Demissie, vice president of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship with Cuba, in turn, underscored the group’s representative nature after stating, “Today we are a group, but we represent millions of Ethiopians through us.”
Demissie noted that signing the call to remove Cuba from the SSOT list was not just the decision of a parliamentary group, but rather an expression of the people’s will.
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