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Statement by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at the Open Debate of the Security Council on “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System,” New York, May 26, 202

Mr. President, Distinguished Permanent Representatives:

We highly value the leadership of the People’s Republic of China in defending international peace and security, upholding International Law, preserving, strengthening, and appropriately reforming the United Nations Organization — particularly through the democratization, transparency, and effectiveness of the Security Council and the empowerment of the General Assembly — as well as in building a multilateral international order based on sovereign equality, justice, and democracy.

STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT:

Cuba condemns the despicable accusation against the Leader of the Revolution

The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the despicable accusation by the United States Department of Justice announced on May 20 and proclaimed for several weeks against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Statement by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at an event in Solidarity with Cuba.

Dear friends of the solidarity movement with Cuba in India;

My deepest gratitude to each and every one of you and to the vast international movement that you represent, for your persistent, tireless and victorious solidarity with the Cuban people.

It is an honor and a deeply moving experience for me to be here today, in this place, named after Surjeet, a man who embodied, like few others, solidarity among peoples. 

Intervention by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the open session: “BRICS: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability,” held as part of the Meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers, India.

 

Your Excellence, Dr. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, most excellent Ministers of Foreign Affairs, distinguished heads of delegations and delegates:

I appreciate the invitation to participate in this important meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers.

Communiqué issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the Executive Order issued by the White House on May 1st, 2026, which tightens, to unprecedented and extreme levels, the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

It likewise condemns the decision adopted by the US Treasure Department on May 7, 2026, to include the Cuban entities GAESA and MoaNickel S.A. in the Specially Designated Nationals List, being this the first coercive measure resulting from the order signed on May 1st.

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