In an interview with Prensa Latina, Mejía highlighted the resistance demonstrated by the Cuban Revolution for more than six decades and recalled that there was an intensification of this hostile policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also praised the dignity of the people in complex economic situations aggravated by Washington, whose policy makes it difficult for Havana to acquire food, medicines, and technologies, and even, during the pandemic, hindered access to mechanical ventilation and oxygen equipment.

Mejía, who is also minister for Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic, when referring to the extraterritorial nature of the blockade, argued that businessmen interested in trading with Cuba cannot do so due to the impossibility of making bank transfers because of a unilateral measure which constitutes, he estimated, a violation of international law.

In his office at the National Palace, Mejía rejected interference in the internal affairs of the neighboring nation and defended the sovereign right of Cuba, and of all peoples, to self-determination.

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