Larissa
20th March 2003, 01:49
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
No country has the right to turn
its diplomatic representation into a general quarters for subverting constitutional order
• Cuban government obliged to curtail the movements of the
head of the U.S. Interests Section within national territory
• Number of people linked to James Cason’s conspiratorial activities detained and to be arraigned
OUR people have heard with profound indignation, the public denunciation of repeated provocations by the head of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba, clearly conceived and enacted as part of the current administration’s hostile and aggressive policy toward our country, with the close cooperation and support of the Miami terrorist mafia and the extreme right in the United States.
Popular indignation has increased with the cowardly and cruel vengeful measures taken against our five compatriots who have been arbitrarily sanctioned with lengthy and unjust prison terms — in certain cases to life — far from their country and families.
Although the Cuban government goes to great lengths to comply with the norms and principles regulating diplomatic relations between states, attempts and will continue attempting to act with all serenity, offers and will continue to offer a total guarantee of security for U.S. diplomatic personnel working in our country — as it does with the diplomatic corps in general — it now finds itself obliged to curtail the former’s movements within our national territory in response to measures adopted recently by them against our diplomatic personnel in Washington.
No matter how powerful, no country has the right to turn its diplomatic representation into a organizing, funding general quarters in order to destabilize and subvert constitutional order, violate laws, conspire against social development, sabotage economic relations, threaten security and destroy the independence of our nation.
Utilizing diplomatic immunity, franchises and headquarters in order to openly carry out such activities constitutes an unwonted and cynical practice. The norms established within international law for dealing with those practices will be applied.
Full article:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/mar03/mier19/11nota-i.html
No country has the right to turn
its diplomatic representation into a general quarters for subverting constitutional order
• Cuban government obliged to curtail the movements of the
head of the U.S. Interests Section within national territory
• Number of people linked to James Cason’s conspiratorial activities detained and to be arraigned
OUR people have heard with profound indignation, the public denunciation of repeated provocations by the head of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba, clearly conceived and enacted as part of the current administration’s hostile and aggressive policy toward our country, with the close cooperation and support of the Miami terrorist mafia and the extreme right in the United States.
Popular indignation has increased with the cowardly and cruel vengeful measures taken against our five compatriots who have been arbitrarily sanctioned with lengthy and unjust prison terms — in certain cases to life — far from their country and families.
Although the Cuban government goes to great lengths to comply with the norms and principles regulating diplomatic relations between states, attempts and will continue attempting to act with all serenity, offers and will continue to offer a total guarantee of security for U.S. diplomatic personnel working in our country — as it does with the diplomatic corps in general — it now finds itself obliged to curtail the former’s movements within our national territory in response to measures adopted recently by them against our diplomatic personnel in Washington.
No matter how powerful, no country has the right to turn its diplomatic representation into a organizing, funding general quarters in order to destabilize and subvert constitutional order, violate laws, conspire against social development, sabotage economic relations, threaten security and destroy the independence of our nation.
Utilizing diplomatic immunity, franchises and headquarters in order to openly carry out such activities constitutes an unwonted and cynical practice. The norms established within international law for dealing with those practices will be applied.
Full article:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/mar03/mier19/11nota-i.html