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In an emotional virtual meeting, the Director of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, HE Ms. Inga Krastina, spoke with Ambassador Ms. Beatriz Parra González. They reviewed current issues on the bilateral agenda, provided an update on current Cuban realities based on the impact of the U.S. blockade and the national economic recovery process, and addressed the recent defamation campaigns launched by the Secretary of State against Cuban medical cooperation. The Caribbean diplomat expressed her gratitude for Latvia's historic support for Cuba in its denunciation of the blockade, supporting the vote on the resolution at the United Nations as a member state of the European Union, which her counterpart stated remains an unchanged position.

Ambassador Beatriz Parra González held a virtual meeting with the Director of Global Affairs of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HE Mr. Vytautas Pinkus, with whom she reviewed the bilateral political agenda. During the exchange, the Caribbean representative provided an update on the recent measures affecting Cuba's economy and development, particularly the ones adopted by the new U.S. administration that try to distort the humanitarian work of Cuban medical cooperation. She also highlighted the Secretary of State's pressure on Jamaica and other Caribbean nations he is visiting these days to cease their agreements with Havana. The Cuban diplomat expressed appreciation for Lithuania's historic support for Cuba in its denunciation of the blockade and thanked her Lithuanian colleagues for their collaboration during her upcoming term in Finland.