No complicity in the blockade!: TKP
On 28 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a Cuban draft resolution calling for an end to more than six decades of US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
This vote takes on particular significance as the United States deprives the Cuban people of vital energy supplies. The blockade threatens the lives of the Cuban people, leaves them unable to meet their most basic needs and seeks to deprive them of their right to live freely. This policy constitutes the crime of genocide.
For years, the US administration has pursued this policy despite its rejection by the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples. It pressures governments and resorts to threats and blackmail to secure support for this crime of genocide and drag other countries into complicity.
Turkey has so far supported the call to lift the blockade against Cuba at the United Nations. As the United States steps up its pressure and threats, Turkey must uphold this position openly and unequivocally. Refusing to support Cuba's just demand would be wholly incompatible with the bonds of brotherhood and solidarity between our people and the Cuban people. The Cuban people have extended a helping hand to our country in its most difficult times, just as they have done for peoples around the world. Turkey must stand in solidarity with the Cuban people. This is both a historical responsibility and a matter of conscience for our people.
Long live Cuba! Down with the blockade!
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