“Cuba advocates a
solution that guarantees the security and sovereignty of all”
Originally published: Granma English by Cubaminex (February 28, 2022 )
Posted
Mar 03, 2022
The U.S. determination
to continue NATO’s progressive expansion toward the Russian Federation’s
borders has brought about a scenario with implications of unpredictable scope,
which could have been avoided.
United States’ and
NATO’s military moves toward regions adjacent to the Russian Federation in
recent months are well known, and were preceded by the delivery of modern
weapons to Ukraine, which together constitute a military siege.
It is impossible to
make a rigorous and honest examination of the current situation in Ukraine,
without carefully assessing the Russian Federation’s just demands of the United
States and NATO, and the factors that have led to the use of force and
non-observance of legal principles and international norms which Cuba strongly
supports and, are, particularly for small countries, an essential resource in
resisting hegemony, abuse of power and injustice.
Cuba is a country that
defends International Law and is committed to the Charter of the United
Nations. Cuba will always defend peace and oppose the use of force, and threats
to do so, against any state.
We deeply regret the
loss of innocent civilian lives in Ukraine. The Cuban people have had and
continue to have a very close relationship with the Ukrainian people.
History will hold the
United States accountable for the consequences of an increasingly offensive
military doctrine beyond NATO’s borders, which threatens international peace,
security and stability.
Our concern has grown
worse with NATO’s recent decision to activate, for the first time, its Response
Force.
Ignoring the
well-founded claims made by the Russian Federation concerning security
guarantees for decades and assuming that Russia would remain defenseless in the
face of a direct threat to its national security was a mistake. Russia has the
right to defend itself. Peace cannot be achieved by mounting sieges or
encircling states.
The draft resolution
on the situation in Ukraine not adopted by the UN Security Council February 25,
which will be submitted to the General Assembly, was not intended as a genuine
contribution to resolve the current crisis.
On the contrary, it is
an unbalanced text, which does not take into account the legitimate concerns of
all parties involved. It does not acknowledge either the responsibility of
those who instigated or took aggressive action that led to the escalation of
this conflict.
We call for a serious,
constructive and realistic diplomatic solution to the current crisis in Europe,
via peaceful means, ensuring the security and sovereignty of all, as well as
regional and international peace, stability and security.
Cuba rejects hypocrisy
and double standards. It should be recalled that in 1999 the United States and
NATO launched a major attack on Yugoslavia, a European country that was
fragmented with a high cost in human lives, in pursuit of geopolitical
objectives, disregarding the UN Charter.
The United States and
several of its allies have used force on many occasions. They have invaded
sovereign states to bring about regime change and interfere in the internal
affairs of other nations that do not submit to their interests of domination,
defending their territorial integrity and independence.
They are also responsible for the deaths of
hundreds of thousands of civilians, which they label as “collateral damage,”
millions of displaced persons and widespread destruction across our planet in
their wars of plunder.
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