Every day the pressures on the United States government become stronger to demand the lifting of the blockade against Cuba, Spain now joins this demand, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, the clear open support of the Spanish State to the efforts of the Secretary General of the United Nations so that countries subject to international sanctions such as Cuba, Iran and Venezuela can acquire medical supplies to face the coronavirus pandemic.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and cooperation commented that this was an item on the agenda that the European Union’s Foreign Ministers conducted by videoconference last Friday. During the press conference on April 3, 2020, González Laya explained that there is a humanitarian clause where sanctions on affected countries are not applied when it comes to assisting in a humanitarian emergency, highlighting that the world is currently experiencing a situation of sanitary emergency.

The Spanish Minister emphasized that “We are facing this emergency situation today and the only thing that must be ensured is that this clause can be invoked, and above all that financial institutions, countries and companies producing material and equipment can and want to respect it. “emphasizing that” mechanisms are understood and arbitrated that take the necessary medical equipment also to countries subject to sanctions. “

Arancha González’s position reinforces the sense of international cooperation against the pandemic that currently suffers from humanity and violates the health of the entire world, therefore it is not only inhumane to sustain the blockade and sanctions on nations like Cuba, where the blockade includes not only medical supplies but also food, unilateral coercive measures such as those exercised by the United States on the Island or Venezuela and Iran, undermine multilateral efforts to end the pandemic that has millions of people infected and has claimed the lives of more than 58 thousand people around the world.