Cuban President Highlights Victory at the UN

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today highlighted the diplomatic victory at the United Nations, where the world once again overwhelmingly demanded an end to the U.S. blockade against the island.

The president received Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez early this morning following the historic session of the United Nations General Assembly, according to the Presidency's website.

According to the report, at José Martí International Airport in Havana, accompanied by First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver, the head of state welcomed the head of Cuban diplomacy.

Díaz-Canel described the July 7 session as "a victory of great significance amid Cuba's difficult situation," under the hostile policy of the U.S. government, intensified to unprecedented levels with the imposition of an energy siege, secondary sanctions, and the threat of military aggression.

The report notes that Díaz-Canel and Rodríguez discussed the details of that momentous day, in which 136 countries voted in favor of bringing the inhumane consequences of the blockade against an entire nation to the General Assembly for debate, while nine voted against.

"Once again, the truth of the Cuban people and the force of International Law made themselves felt in that forum," considered the main deliberative and representative body of the UN, the statement emphasized.

On his X account, the president, after receiving the foreign minister, stressed that the overwhelming victory at the UN General Assembly demonstrated the majority support of the world for Cuba in its fight against the genocidal blockade of the U.S. government.