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Ghana has, through a statement issued by its Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Thomas Quartey, called on the U.S. to lift the embargo placed on Cuba in 1960, describing it as outdated and unnecessary.
He made the call during a meeting with Mrs Teresita Fraga, Cuban Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister in Accra.
The U.S. placed a partial economic and financial ban on Cuba in Oct. 1960 about two years after the Batisma regime was deposed by the Cuban revolution.
The ban was strengthened to a near-total embargo on Feb. 7, 1962 following Cuba’s nationalisation of U.S. property and corporations and was codified into law in 1993.
Quartey said it was necessary for the U.S. to lift the embargo which had lasted for several years in the interest of good neighbourliness.
The statement also mentioned that the two countries signed some bilateral agreements during the meeting. NAN