The US President, Barack Obama, expressed today confidence that his country's Congress ''will inevitably lift an embargo that should not be in place anymore,'' referring to the blockade of his country against Cuba.
I'm confident that openness, not coercion, will support the reforms and better the life the Cuban people deserve, he asserted in his address to the plenary of the UN General Assembly.
He noted that or 50 years, the United States pursued a Cuba policy that failed and we changed that, he said and received the first applauses during his speech within the Assembly.
We continue to have differences with the Cuban government... but we address these issues through diplomatic relations, and increased commerce, and people-to-people ties, he noted.
Cuba and United States re-established diplomatic relations last July 20 and re-opened their respective embassies later. Currently they are progressing in a negotiation process that should lead to the normalization of those links.
Two days ago, Cuban president, Raul Castro emphasized at UN that the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba for more than half a century persists bringing damages and hardships on the Cuban people.
He also ratified that that siege is the main obstacle to Cuba's economic development, affecting other nations due to its extraterritorial scope, and hurting the interests of U.S. citizens and companies.
Such policy is rejected by 188 United Nations member states that demand its removal, highlighted Raul Castro.