A senior Cuban regime official told Newsweek magazine: “There aren’t many countries that help Ukraine more than Cuba. Havana refuses to publicly condemn Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The unidentified official cited as an example of Cuba’s alleged support for Ukraine “a three-decade program to receive children and mothers affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster for treatment of hematological-oncological pathology at the spa town of Tarará, near La Havana”. very good results,'” said the above source.
“So there is no one who can say that we are happy with what is happening there,” said the senior Cuban official.
“At the same time, we recognize that we cannot pass a resolution at the United Nations that does not reflect the complexity and role of the irresponsible behavior of the United States and NATO in ignoring the legitimate demands of Russia that have brought the situation to this point. ‘ he added in reference to Cuba’s abstention at the UN to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Cuba “has stated bluntly in our official statement and explanation of our abstention that we were and are against the use of force, that we are against any violation of international norms and international law.”
“But Cuba is also opposed to the manipulation used by the United States to send more arms to Ukraine. Cuba favors dialogue and peace talks, a truly lasting solution, no more action to incite war,” he said.
According to the senior Cuban official, “The United States is trying to misinform the American people and also to confuse our people in order to find new pretexts and lies to justify the unjustified and inhumane policy of financial and economic siege of Cuba and its people.”
The US Embassy in Havana has repeatedly denounced the Cuban regime for repeating Russia’s lies about the war in Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin.
In that regard, an unnamed US State Department spokesman said: “The Russian government has reached out to its autocratic counterparts in other parts of the world, including some of the most repressive and anti-democratic actors in this hemisphere. “includes Cuba”.
“We condemn Cuba’s recycling and repetition of Russia’s false narrative about its war against Ukraine to the Cuban people in the state media. This includes the publication of recent articles claiming that the Bucha atrocities were fabricated and the statements by the Cuban government blaming the United States and NATO for the conflict,” the State Department spokesman told Newsweek.
The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma continues to call Russia’s war and invasion of Ukraine a “special military operation” every day. The regime’s media bowed to the Kremlin’s portrayal.
In Cuba, however, there is an inevitable protest: European embassies are lighting their headquarters with the colors blue and yellow in support of the struggle of the Ukrainian people.
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