The French group Cuba Cooperation spoke out here for the cessation of the so-called Common Position of the European Union (EU), an interventionist policy that drastically limits the bloc''s relationships with the Caribbean country.
During its annual meeting, the association, which brings together business people, politicians, and other personalities, advocated that the French government completely dissociates from this position and demands the EU its lifting.
"We believe this is an unfair policy and it is necessary to join forces to achieve its dismantlement," Victor Fernandez, president of the group, told Prensa Latina, and recalled that this issue could be discussed at the coming EU foreign ministers' meeting, to be held in Brussels.
The common position, promoted in 1996 by the then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, demands unacceptable conditioning to the island, and violates international principles, such as self-determination and the rules of the World Trade Organization.
During the annual meeting Cuba Cooperation, the group also reiterated its unanimous rejection to the unjust blockade maintained by the United States against the Caribbean nation for more than 50 years ago.
The organization plans to launch next year a forum from European associations working to Cuba, aimed at analyzing new programs and jointly develop actions, Fernandez said.
The director of the association informed that urban agriculture projects, including one in the town of Boyeros, in Havana, and another in Cruces, in Cienfuegos province, are included within the 2014-2015 agenda.
Cuban ambassador to France, Hector Igarza, thanked the organization the projects destined to the welfare of the population and the development of his country.
The struggle against the blockade will remain a priority of our foreign policy, the ambassador said, and reiterated that his country will never accept conditions, neither the United States nor the European Union.