Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba rejects in the strongest terms the decision of the government of the Dominican Republic to expel ten diplomatic officials from the Cuban Embassy in that country and their family members.
There is no reason whatsoever to justify this decision by the Dominican authorities. Cuban diplomats have always acted in strict adherence to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and with absolute respect for the laws of that sister nation.
There is no other explanation for this action than the submission of the government of the Dominican Republic to the pressures of the US government, which, in its effort to isolate Cuba, has set out to damage our diplomatic relations with the countries of the region.
It is not the first time that the Dominican government has aligned itself with the hostile policy and aggressive escalation of the United States against our country. The exclusion of Cuba from the postponed X Summit of the Americas and the change in the Dominican Republic’s vote on the Cuban resolution against the blockade at the UN General Assembly are examples of this.
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With this new act, the Dominican authorities significantly damage the ties between the two governments, but they will not be able to lacerate the deep and historical links existing between the Cuban and Dominican peoples, cemented from the struggles of both countries for independence to the present day. Illustrious Dominicans are part of the glorious pages of Cuba’s history and vice versa. Our peoples share cultural, economic, and solidarity ties, which we will not renounce.
May the Dominican people always count on the invariable friendship and solidarity of the Cuban people.
