Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Mike Hammer today to reprimand him for his interventionist and unfriendly behavior, which he has displayed since arriving in the Caribbean country.
In a statement, the Cuban Foreign Ministry emphasized that Hammer’s conduct is unbecoming of a diplomat and disrespectful to the Cuban people.
The director of Bilateral Affairs at the U.S. Directorate General, Alejandro García, delivered a verbal note of protest to the diplomat expressing his firm rejection of his behavior, according to the statement.
It was also stated that these actions violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and contradict the Agreement on the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations signed between the two governments.
García emphasized, as outlined in the verbal note delivered, that by inciting Cuban citizens to commit serious criminal acts, attack the constitutional order, or encourage them to act against the authorities, or to demonstrate in support of the interests and objectives of a hostile foreign power, the diplomat is engaging in provocative and irresponsible conduct.
He added that the immunity he (Hammer) enjoys as a representative of his country cannot be used as cover for acts contrary to the sovereignty and internal order of the country to which he is accredited.
The verbal note delivered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the Chargé d’Affaires’ public and insulting manipulation of the National Hero José Martí and emphasized that the diplomat demonstrates his ignorance of the fact that independence and anti-imperialism are pillars of the nation, based on the Apostle’s conviction and warning against the United States’ desire for domination.
In this regard, the director of Bilateral Issues took advantage of the meeting to give the diplomat copies of excerpts from José Martí’s unfinished letter to his Mexican friend Manuel Mercado.
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