The long economic, financial and commercial siege, opportunistically intensified in recent years, is designed to generate shortages and sufferings of all kinds to the Cuban people, with the clear intention of inducing apathy, distrust, discontent and rejection of the Revolution and so as to provoke a social outburst, he denounced.

The also Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the PCC intervened in the opening session of the V Theoretical-Practical Seminar of the Communist Parties of Vietnam (PCV) and Cuba, which he described as “a proof of the maturity of links between our two brother parties”.

The V Theoretical-Practical Seminar of the PCV and the PCC will address some issues on the construction of socialism in both countries in the context of the presence here of a Cuban party delegation headed by Political Bureau member Roberto Morales.

The visit to Vietnam ends a tour that began last April 23 and included China and Laos, which is valued as an opportunity to promote political dialogue at the highest levels and contribute to enhance the development of economic, trade, financial and cooperative relations with these three nations.

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