Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced on Tuesday at the UN Security Council the aggressive escalation by the United States government against his country and called for solidarity from the international community.
“Cuba is not and cannot be a threat. It is not an enemy of the United States, nor does it want to be,” stated Rodríguez, who spoke at the high-level ministerial meeting convened by China, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month.
The island’s foreign minister called on “the international community to mobilize to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe” in the face of “the energy blockade, military threats and political manipulation against the Cuban Revolution.”
He emphasized that the United States government, “in effect, is in a position of undermining international peace and security and violating international law and international humanitarian law with respect to the Republic of Cuba.”
He further stressed that “the filing of criminal charges against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, is a morally infamous and legally arbitrary act.”
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez warned that “it is a politically motivated, fraudulent decision aimed at deceiving U.S. and foreign citizens 30 years after the events.”
“The oil and energy embargo that the United States imposes on Cuba is equivalent, in its effects, to a naval blockade, which is an act of war and genocide,” added the head of Cuban diplomacy, who insisted that “a military aggression would provoke a bloodbath.”
Rodríguez stated that “the President who gave that order for a military attack, and the Secretary of State and Secretary of War who instigated it, would go down in history as war criminals, direct perpetrators of crimes against humanity.”
“The time has come for solidarity with Cuba, which has always been solidarity with everyone,” the foreign inister declared before the United Nations Security Council.
Urging the UN to fulfill its role in maintaining peace, he called on the organization to do its part regarding Cuba and asserted: “Let no one doubt that, should a situation arise—one we hope will never occur—the Cuban people will fight to the bitter end.”
The meeting, which included the participation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, addressed the defense of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the strengthening of the international system centered on the organization.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
