From left to right, European politicians Maite Mola, Heinz Bierbaum, and George Kastrougalos
address a press conference in Havana, on February 17, 2022.

Havana, February 17 (RHC)-- Heinz Bierbaum, president of the Party of the European Left (PIE), said he was impressed with the social advances in Cuba despite the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S.  blockade.

In a press conference, he said that the visit by a group of leftist politicians to the island constitutes an expression of solidarity and condemnation of the genocidal policy of the U.S. administration, which hinders the country's development.

Bierbaum and his colleagues held meetings with the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the Government, which he described as encounters of open and frank debate and exchange of diverse experiences.

Maite Mola, first vice president of the European party organization, referred to the democratic progress in the Caribbean nation and cited the consultation of the draft law of the Family Code as an example of people's participation.

Likewise, Geoges Kastrougalos, MP for Foreign Policy of the Greek coalition Syriza, affirmed that the Cuban Revolution and its medical brigades had given the greatest lesson of solidarity and humanism to the world amid the current complex times.

Whoever comes to Cuba finds a different image from those of the manipulated news of the mainstream media and can appreciate a State that takes care of the workers and the most vulnerable, he added.

The visitors, who arrived last February 12 and will remain until February 19, positioned themselves against all sanctions and pressure measures against Cuba, and in favor of diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflicts.