[News] Cuba Advocates a Solution that Guarantees the Security and Sovereignty of All

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Cuba
Advocates a Solution that Guarantees the Security and Sovereignty of All
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Declaration of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba on February 26, 2022

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photo: Yaimi Ravelo

The American determination to continue the progressive expansion of NATO
towards the borders of the Russian Federation has led to a scenario, with
implications of unpredictable scope, that could be avoided.

The military movements carried out by the United States and NATO in recent
months towards regions adjacent to the Russian Federation, preceded by the
delivery of modern weapons to Ukraine, which together amount to a
progressive military encirclement, are well known.

It is not possible to rigorously and honestly examine the current situation
in Ukraine without carefully assessing the just claims of the Russian
Federation to the United States and NATO and the factors that have led to
the use of force and the non-observance of legal principles and
international standards that Cuba subscribes to and vigorously supports and
are an essential reference, particularly for small countries, against
hegemonism, abuses of power and injustices.

Cuba is a country that defends International Law and is committed to the
Charter of the United Nations, which will always defend peace and oppose
the use or threat of force against any State.

We deeply regret the loss of life of innocent civilians in Ukraine. The
Cuban people have had and have a close relationship with the Ukrainian
people.

History will hold the US government accountable for the consequences of an
increasingly offensive military doctrine outside NATO’s borders, which
threatens international peace, security and stability.

Our concerns are reinforced by the decision recently adopted by NATO to
activate, for the first time, the Response Force of that military alliance.

It was a mistake to ignore for decades the well-founded demands for
security guarantees by the Russian Federation and to assume that the
country would remain defenseless in the face of a direct threat to its
national security. Russia has the right to defend itself. It is not
possible to achieve peace by encircling or cornering the States.

The draft resolution on the situation in Ukraine not approved in the
Security Council on February 25, which will be presented to the General
Assembly, was not conceived as a real contribution to the search for
solutions to the current crisis.

On the contrary, it is an unbalanced text, which does not take into account
the legitimate concerns of all the parties involved. Nor is the
responsibility of those who instigated or deployed aggressive actions that
precipitated the escalation of this conflict recognized.

We advocate a serious, constructive and realistic diplomatic solution to
the current crisis in Europe, by peaceful means, which guarantees the
security and sovereignty of all, as well as regional and international
peace, stability and security.

Cuba rejects hypocrisy and double standards. It must be remembered that the
United States and NATO in 1999 launched a major aggression against
Yugoslavia, a European country that they fragmented, with a high cost in
lives, based on their geopolitical objectives, ignoring the UN Charter.

The United States and some allies have used force on multiple occasions.
They invaded sovereign States to provoke regime changes and intervene in
the internal affairs of other nations that do not bow to their interests of
domination and that defend their territorial integrity and independence.

They are also responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of
civilians, which they call “collateral damage”; of millions of displaced
people and of vast destruction throughout the geography of our planet as a
result of their predatory wars.

MINREX – Havana, February 26, 2022

Source: Granma
<https://www.granma.cu/cuba/2022-02-26/cuba-aboga-por-una-solucion-que-garantice-la-seguridad-y-soberania-de-todos-26-02-2022-17-02-37>
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