Banjul,
March 10.- Members of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Group today rejected the
blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean nation for almost 60
years, while highlighting the solidarity spirit of the Cubans.
Gambian
lawmakers said that Washington’s policy is illegal and unfair, in an official
meeting at the headquarters of the National Assembly here with the Ambassador
of the Greater Antilles in this state of West Africa, Rubén G. Abelenda.
Hon.
Sidia S. Jatta said that if Cuba were not blocked, it could help African
countries more, with which historically it has always been very supportive, as
with many others in different regions of the world.
He
added that the government and people of the Caribbean Island are an example of
collaboration because they practice it selflessly.
For
his part, the young deputy Hon. Alhagie Drammeh thanked the humanitarian work
carried out by the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) currently working in the Gambia,
healing and saving lives of his countrymen, he said.
Similar
statements were made by the head of the Health Commission of the National
Assembly, Hon. Ousman Sillah, an active member of the Gambia-Cuba Legislative
Friendship Group, and who chaired the meeting with Ambassador Abelenda, in
which the head of the BMC also participated Anaris Martha Hate.
The
meeting, focused on strengthening inter-parliamentary, cooperation, and
bilateral Diplomatic ties, was also present the Americas Director of the Gambia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abubacar Jah, who referred to the very positive
current state of the links between the two nations.
