"An Island on a Continent"

Banjul, Oct 4. – The Gambia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Committee today condemned the attack perpetrated on September 24 against the Cuban embassy in Washington, and urged the United States to lift the blockade it imposes on the Caribbean island.

In a note sent to the embassy of the largest of the Antilles here, the aforementioned group in the National Assembly of this African country expresses its total rejection of the violent aggression with Molotov cocktails that the diplomatic headquarters of Havana in the capital was targeted. US.

The text, signed by the president of the Gambian Legislative Friendship Committee, Madi Ceesay, also calls on all peace-loving nations to vote again in favor of the island at the UN so that the US ends the blockade that has maintained it for Six decades.

He adds that Cuba is a peaceful country and at the same time rich in terms of human resources, and does everything possible to fully support the least developed in the world.

It concludes that The Gambia has greatly benefited from the collaboration in the areas of health and sports, among others, that the oldest Caribbean archipelago has provided, values its efforts in this regard, and urges its authorities to continue providing such assistance, to these African people.