“Our relations have been strong for many years, both before and after independence, and within this framework, the demand to lift the blockade and all sanctions, such as those faced by Zimbabwe, is well known,” stated the high-ranking ZANU-PF leader.

Mudenda received a detailed update from Perez Mesa on the intensification of the economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by Washington and on the recent executive order from the White House Chief of Staff aimed at preventing fuel shipments to Cuba.

The Ambassador warned that this action by the United States constitutes a violation of the UN Charter, international law, and the rules of global trade. She also warned of the danger this hostile and genocidal policy poses as a precedent for the region and other nations around the world.

In delivering copies of the statements from the Cuban government and Foreign Ministry, the diplomat referred to the expressions of solidarity and support for the island from many parts of the world.

Mudenda received the Ambassador at ZANU-PF headquarters in a meeting that also included his Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, and the Minister Counselor of the Caribbean nation, Luis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta.

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