MINREX Communiqué
On March 18, 2024, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Benjamin Ziff was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Deputy Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who formally conveyed to him the firm rejection of the interference and slanderous messages of the U.S. government and its embassy in Cuba regarding the internal affairs of the Cuban reality.
With the delivery of a formal note of protest, the US diplomat was reminded of the minimum standards of decency and honesty expected of a diplomatic mission in any country and which the US embassy in Cuba has shown itself incapable of observing, while emphasising that this diplomatic office and its personnel are obliged to behave in accordance with the norms of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
At the meeting, attention was also drawn to the direct responsibility of the US government for the difficult economic situation Cuba is going through at the moment and, specifically, for the shortages and difficulties faced by the population on a daily basis, with the depression and insufficiency of supplies and essential services, under the weight and impact of the economic blockade designed to destroy the country's economic capacity.
The ostensible determination of the US government to limit and obstruct every effort by the Cuban state to find solutions and provide answers to the country's economic and social needs was repudiated.
The destabilising plan and its execution are evident for all to see. It rests on the reinforcement of a ruthless economic war to provoke and exploit the natural irritation of the population. It is funded every year with tens of millions of dollars from the US federal budget. It has a powerful technological infrastructure to exploit digital networks from US territory for aggressive purposes. It enjoys the complicity of major US and international mainstream media outlets, and the mercenary backing of people based primarily in South Florida in the United States, whose only livelihood is the industry of aggression against Cuba.
If the US government had a minimal and honest concern for the well-being of the Cuban population, it would remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism; it would put an end to the persecution of the fuel supplies that the country needs to import; it would stop pursuing every financial transaction of Cuba in the world; it would put an end to the crude persecution against Cuba's medical cooperation programmes in the world; it would stop intimidating businessmen, visitors, artists and any person who feels the interest and the right to interact with the Cuban people.
(Cubaminrex)