Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has called for the removal of Cuba from the list of countries labelled sponsors of terrorism by the US.
Prime Minister Mitchell also called for an end to the economic blockade on the Spanish-speaking nation.
The UN General Assembly in November 2023 voted by a large margin against the US economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 UN member states voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only the US and Israel voting against and Ukraine abstaining.
The Assembly voiced concern that despite its resolutions dating back to 1992, “the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba is still in place”, and that “the adverse effects of such measures on the Cuban people and on Cuban nationals living in other countries”.
