United Nations, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba today rejected unfounded accusations made by the United States delegation during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Venezuela.
Cuba’s permanent representative to the UN, Ernesto Soberón, said that his delegation was forced to speak a second time to respond to those accusations.
“It is outrageous,” he emphasized, “that those who have perpetrated unilateral aggressions and systematic violations of International Law seek to act as judges of other sovereign states, which is an absolutely immoral, disrespectful, and irresponsible attitude.”
“We categorically reject the slanderous claims that Cuba has an intelligence presence in Venezuela. Such accusations lack any factual basis and constitute a clear attempt to divert attention from the aggressive and criminal conduct of the United States in the region,” the diplomat added.
Cuba strictly respects the sovereignty, independence and inalienable right of the Venezuelan people to decide their own destiny, as established by the Charter of the United Nations, he said.
Soberón recalled that cooperation between Cuba and Venezuela in multiple spheres, including the military, has legitimate bases and is supported by bilateral agreements signed sovereignly by both parties.
The diplomat reiterated that, as declared by the Revolutionary Government, the 32 fallen combatants, victims of a criminal act of aggression and state terrorism perpetrated by the United States, were carrying out missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior at the request of Venezuelan counterpart bodies.
“These patriots, through their heroic actions, embodied the solidarity of millions of Cubans,” Soberón emphasized, adding that “this delegation (from the United States) is disrespectfully attempting to label Cuba as an interventionist in Venezuela, which we categorically reject,” the Permanent Representative to the UN concluded.
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