González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, added during the 7th African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with his nation that “consolidating solidarity and making the bonds that unite us stronger and indestructible are necessary for that purpose.”

He reminded that this meeting is taking place in a complex international context for everyone and added that at this time, the threat of war is overshadowing international relations with disastrous effects on the world economy, meanwhile the planet is facing the devastating consequences of global warming, climate change, diseases, and epidemics.

González Llort stressed that the peoples of the world, mobilized in support of Palestine, call for the cessation of the brutal aggression against a State that defends its right to exist sovereignly in its land, an act in which “Zionism and imperialism have dropped their mask to show the world their true criminal and genocidal face.”

The ICAP president said in front of more than 230 delegates from some 25 countries that Cuba expresses its support for South Africa’s request to initiate proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in connection with that country’s violations of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

González Llort recalled that Africa is for Cubans much more than just another continent, “it is part of our history, our culture, it is present in our daily lives, in the men and women who defended Cuba’s independence in the 19th century and defend its Revolution today.”

González Llort denounced the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, with which “the empire wants to stifle us economically.”

The ICAP president also pointed out that Washington’s arbitrary act to include Cuba in the list of countries that sponsor terrorism is the sanction that affects the Cuban economy the most, as it prevents many banking and financial institutions from refusing -or being cautious about- to have relations with a country that is in that list.

With the example of President Nelson Mandela, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander-in-Chief Fidel, and so many other African leaders “who have shown us the way, we have learned how much can be done through solidarity, how to fight, resist and win,” González Llort stressed.

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