Oireachtas Cuba-Ireland Friendship Group condemns attack on Cuban Embassy
- Updated: 29th September 2023
The Oireachtas Cuba-Ireland Friendship Group has condemned the attack this week on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building on Sunday night. There were no injuries.
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, convenor of the friendship group, said: “The cross-party Oireachtas group strongly condemns this shocking attack on the Cuban Embassy and stands in solidarity with Cuba and the people of Cuba.”
Oireachtas Cuba-Ireland Friendship Group members include Deputy Chris Andrews, Deputy Pat Buckley, Deputy Catherine Connolly, Deputy Matt Carthy, Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh, Senator Paul Gavan, Deputy Pa Daly, Deputy James Lawless and Deputy Mark Ward. The group works to extend the hand of friendship to Cuba and the Cuban people.
Deputy Pringle said: “We also want to take this opportunity to repeat our call on the United States government to lift its crippling embargo on Cuba and to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it was cynically added by the Trump administration in its last days.
“Cuba has shown tremendous resilience in the face of these sanctions, which continued, disgracefully, through the Covid pandemic. There is no excuse for this morally and politically unacceptable embargo to continue any longer,” he said.
