A chara - I was privileged to be one of a group of solidarity activists in Ireland who met with the Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, to celebrate the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Ireland.
This was an historic event. Not only was it the first visit to Ireland of a Cuban minister since Che Guevara in the 1960s, but prior to this, Ireland was the only country in the EU without an official link with Cuba.
We can now look forward to the intensification of political, economic and cultural ties between the two countries, with the Irish Government placing increased pressure on the US to abandon its immoral, illegal and damaging economic blockade of Cuba. - Is mise,
Douglas Hamilton, Cuba Support Group Ireland, Rockmount Street, Belfast.