The Communist Youth Federation of Sri Lanka. Statement on placing Cuba on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism
The Communist Youth Federation of Sri Lanka condemns the decision of the US government to keep Cuba on the List of countries that “sponsor terrorism”.
Although Cuba does not appear on the current list of countries that “do not fully cooperate with US counter-terrorism efforts in the year 2023” contained in US Secretary of State Blinken’s report to Congress, Cuba remains on the existing US list of states that sponsor terrorism. While Cuba does not support terrorism in any way, but is itself a victim of economic and other terrorism organized by the United States.
Sri Lanka. Statement of Central Committee of Frontline Socialist Party: Hands-off Cuba!
Defeat the Imperialist Intervention on Cuba!
It was reported that the Biden administration inserted the Cuba to the roster of countries “not cooperating fully” with anti-terrorist efforts, a list the U.S. State Department issues every year.
Cuba was first added to the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism List (SSOT) during the Reagan administration in 1982 in order to isolate and surrender the Communist Party government which bravely stood against the imperialism.
In Sri Lanka, the Mawbima newspaper publishes a statement from the Communist Party asking the United States government to remove Cuba from the list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism.
Colombo, June 7, 2024. The Sinhalese-language weekly digital newspaper, Mawbima, publishes the Declaration of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka calling on the United States government to remove Cuba from the list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
The Government of Sri Lanka is further requested to support this claim signed by the General Secretary of the Sri Lankan PC, Dr. G. Weerasinghe.
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Press Release of the Sri Lanka-Cuba Friendship Association condemning the inclusion of Cuba on the list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism
According to the official media report on 15.05.2024 issued by the State Secretary of the United States of America, Cuba has been re-listed on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. It is clear that this is a unilateral and unfounded decision against a sovereign and peaceful country.
Colombo, June 6, 2024. The Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka Andrés Marcelo González Garrido participated in a commemorative activity for International Tea Day 2024, organized by the National Tea Board
The event was chaired by Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Tharaka Balasuriya, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Niraj De Mel, director of the National Tea Board of Sri Lanka, with whom he had the opportunity to exchange.
Sri Lanka produces a significant portion of the world's best tea and is one of the largest tea exporters on the planet. During the activity, the various tea regions of Sri Lanka were exposed.
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