HAVANA, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Cuba said on Thursday that the open dialogue with the European Union (EU) is "on the brink of ruin", after the approval of a statement against the island country at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, presented by the United States and co-sponsored by the bloc.

    Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque rated as "pathetic, failing and subservient" the role of the EU, at a press conference in Havana.

    The commission passed the US proposal on Cuba by a 21-17 vote with 5 abstentions, renewing resolutions from previous years condemning the country's human rights record.

    Perez Roque said the EU has joined again in the "aggressive policy" of Washington against the island.

    "Its performance has been hypocritical and their alignment with the United States against the small countries like Cuba is a shame," he said.

    He also referred to the "incapacity" of the EU to adopt an independent policy toward the Caribbean nation, saying: "it is an economic giant but a dwarf in terms of political influence."

    Cuba had "unfrozen" the European embassies in Havana and proposed a dialogue on human rights and trade, but now it "will carefully analyze in the immediate future the evolution of the stances and actions of the EU" to decide whether to continue these actions, according to Perez Roque.

    Cuba has reiterated that the vote favoring the United States and against Cuba on the matter of human rights is one of the main obstacles to the normalization of the EU's ties with the island.

    In January, the EU suspended its sanctions on the island, imposed in June 2003 right after the imprisonment of 75 Cubans accused of being mercenaries at the US service.Enditem