MINREX: It is contradictory for the EU to stimulate dialogue in Venezuela and impose sanctions.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Rogelio Sierra, expressed Cuba's rejection of the measures imposed by the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) on Venezuela.
The Cuban official said that "the EU's approach to the Bolivarian country is contradictory, since the block of the old continent declares that" the only way to deal with the situation in Venezuela is through constructive dialogue "and then adopt measures against that nation.
In addition, Rogelio Sierra ratified Cuba's support for the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro and his "unconditional solidarity with the Bolivarian people."
Decarations of the MINREX deputy minister, Rogelio Sierra
The coercive measures adopted by the Council of Foreign Affairs of the European Union against Venezuela constitute an interference in their internal affairs and do not contribute to the process of dialogue promoted by the Government of President Nicolás Maduro Moros for understanding and peace.
These decisions are contrary to the principles of International Law and those of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed by the Heads of State and Government of the region at the II Summit of CELAC in Havana, in January Of 2014.
It is contradictory that the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union concludes that the only way to address the situation in Venezuela is through constructive dialogue and negotiation and, at the same time, conditions them with sanctions, selective blacklists and limitations on international trade. that harm the town.
In these circumstances, Cuba expresses its rejection of the sanctions against Venezuela and reiterates its unwavering and unconditional solidarity with the Bolivarian and Chavista people, with its civic-military union, and with the government headed by the constitutional president Nicolás Maduro Moros.