Havana, Cuba.- The European Union ”will keep working to put an end to the blockade on Cuba”, emphasized the head of the EU diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, during a master lecture given here at the San Geronimo College.

The blockade is not the solution, warned Mogherini, describing as obsolete and illegal the economic, financial and commercial siege of the United States against Cuba.

Addressing students of the prestigious center, members of the diplomatic corps and officials of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Mogherini asserted that the unilateral U.S. measure -lasting almost six decades- ‘worsens the life’ of the men, women and children of the Caribbean nation.

The EU head of diplomacy also rejected the attempts of those who try to isolate the Caribbean island applying this kind of policy.

‘Unlike those who raise walls and close doors’, the EU wants to open them and lay bridges through cooperation and dialogue, stressed the also Vicepresident of the European Commission, here on her third official visit to the greater of the Antilles.

In other issues of her speech, Mogherini approached present and future aspects of the links with the EU; talked about youth, climate change and the preventive work of the Cuban government to minimize the damages of hurricane Irma and praised the work done during the recovery stage.

Referring to the recent Agreement of Political Dialogue and Cooperation (ADPC) between Cuba and the EU, enacted last November, she said it would allow to expand the links to the level really reflecting the historical, economic and cultural bonds.

The high EU oficial toured a center for adolescents in Old Havana, whose historical center she walked together with the city’s historian, Eusebio Leal, before her lectura at San Geronimo.

Mogherini met on Wednesday with the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca and in today’s agenda are included talks with Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez.

Her agenda also plans to hold a meeting with Esteban Lazo, President of the People’s Power National Assembly (parliament).

Bilateral relations between both parts are in good health and develop positively, according to Havana authorities.

The Caribbean country has full diplomatic relations with the 28 member states of the EU, bloc that holds second place in Cuba’s trading partners, besides being an important emitter of tourists and investment.