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"Mr President, I would like to inform you that last week, the intergroup for friendship and solidarity with the Cuban people visited Cuba, and the visit was very positive for relations between this Parliament and Cuba, as well as between the European Union and Cuba.
This intergroup, made up of seven Members of Parliament, four from the Group of the European Socialist Party, two from the GUE/NGL Group and one from the ELDR Group, had a mandate from President Cox to try to secure Oswaldo Payá's exit from Cuba and thereby present him with the award in one hour’s time.
I would like to say to you that, as I said to Mr Cox’s secretary on the telephone, on returning from Cuba on Saturday at 1 p.m., Mrs Isabel Allende, Cuban Ambassador in Spain, was waiting for us; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe Roque, called us personally to say that, thanks to the efforts of the intergroup, they would allow Mr Payá to leave, in view of the friendly relations they have and wish to have with Parliament.
As you know, the attempts by the Council had not been successful, and nor had those of the President of the Christian Democrat and People’s Parties International. I would therefore like you to personally communicate to Mr Cox that our efforts yielded positive results."@en1
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