Cuba’s deputy Foreign Minister has warned that the risk of a U.S. military aggression against the Caribbean nation is growing, saying that the country’s readiness for war is also increasing.
“Every day the danger of military aggression against Cuba grows,” Josefina Vidal said at a legislative hearing at the National Capitol on May 28.
Condemning U.S. sanctions on Cuban oil imports, Vidal noted that Washington is fabricating pretexts to portray Cuba as a threat to U.S. national security to justify the aggression.
Cuba has long been a target of illegal U.S. sanctions, blockades, and destabilization efforts aimed at undermining its sovereignty and revolutionary principles.
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. has effectively imposed a blockade on the country by threatening sanctions on countries supplying it with fuel, triggering power outages and exacerbating its worst crisis in decades.
Since March, the two nations have been engaged in dialogue, but Cuban authorities decried the U.S. for a lack of good faith and stressed that they will not allow interference in their country’s internal affairs.
“A channel of exchange between the two governments remains open, but there has not been much progress. We have reason to doubt the seriousness and responsibility of the United States government,” Vidal said.
“We hope that the path of dialogue will prevail at this time, when the aggressive actions that the U.S. government is taking against Cuba cast doubt on the seriousness and responsibility with which it is approaching this process,” she added.
Vidal reaffirmed Cuba’s keenness to pursue dialogue, but “not so that the U.S. can try to control Cuba’s destiny through pressure, coercion and the threat of military aggression.”
She emphasized that if Cuba is forced into a war, “we will face it decisively.”
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has warned that any military action would lead to a “bloodbath” in which thousands of Cubans and Americans would die.
He has urged the international community to prevent a disaster on the island during a speech before the United Nations Security Council on May 26.
This follows a pattern of U.S. imperialism, where Washington routinely invents pretexts to target independent nations resisting its hegemony. (PressTV.ir)