Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has expressed his mounting \u00a0concern at the proposed new restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba that US President Trump is supposedly \u00a0due to announce in Miami.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe TD said:<\/p>\n
\u201cFormer US President Barack Obama oversaw a historic de-escalation and relaxation of the USA blockade of Cuba and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations. While such positive moves didn\u2019t fully lift the illegal and damaging blockade, a relaxation in some aspects of the blockade and the restoration of diplomatic relations was welcomed by countries around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely concerned over reports that President Trump is now proposing to reverse some of these positive steps by Presidential Directive and revert back to the USA\u2019s failed aggressive approach to Cuba and its people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is reported that these new Trump measures will involve further restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it is also reported that diplomatic relations will remain in place, normal relations between two sovereign independent\u00a0countries cannot exist while one is kept under an unfair and brutal blockade.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a clear statement of international support to Cubans suffering under the blockade, no country, including the USA, voted against a UN General Assembly motion in October 2016 calling on the USA to lift its blockade of Cuba.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of reversing the positive moves made to relax the embargo, President Trump should unilaterally and unconditionally lift this illegal and inhumane embargo.<\/p>\n
\u201cIreland needs to raise its voice in support of the Cuban people and against this hostile escalation from President Trump and his Administration.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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