Gov’t says it wasn’t pressured to abstain from UN resolution vote on ending US embargo against Cuba
The Government said it was not pressured by any country to abstain from a United Nations resolution vote, calling for an end to the United States’ long standing economic embargo against Cuba.
Information Minister Dr. Dana Morris Dixon made the comment at a post-Cabinet press briefing, yesterday.
Dr. Morris Dixon was responding to concerns raised about how Jamaica voted on the resolution, including from the Opposition, which argued that it represents a departure from Jamaica’s foreign policy on the matter.
The Government said it took the decision because the resolution’s…
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