EU to send human rights envoy to Cuba, but will not 'impose' demands


EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell delivers a statement in Havana, Cuba, May 26, 2023. Yamil Lage/Pool via REUTERS

HAVANA (Reuters) - The European Union will send a special human rights envoy to Cuba this year to discuss the aftermath of anti-government protests in July 2021, but the EU's top diplomat said it will not "impose" demands on the Communist-run Caribbean nation.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, on a visit to Cuba this week, said EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore would visit the island in late November "to analyze the situation created before, during and after the demonstrations and arrests."

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