Solidarity with Cuba highlighted at International Conference

Havana, March 21 (RHC)-- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla highlighted on Twitter the solid expressions of solidarity and friendship with the island during the recently concluded International Conference on the normalization of Cuba-United States relations.

The foreign minister expressed that participants called for an end to the blockade at the event, held in New York City and advocated for a respectful relationship between the two nations.

The Conference was held at The People's Forum, in Manhattan, with more than 150 people and hundreds of activists from other countries, who interacted virtually.

According to Agencia Prensa Latina, different groups from the United States and Canada exchanged on their present and future work to demand the lifting of the U.S. blockade on Cuba.

At the event's opening, the ambassador and permanent representative of the island to the United Nations, Pedro Luis Pedroso, expressed his gratitude for the examples of solidarity and humanism shown by the United States and Canada.