The governments of Brazil, Spain and Mexico released a joint statement this Saturday in which they expressed their “enormous concern” about the serious humanitarian crisis in Cuba and reiterated the need to respect the “territorial integrity” of the island.
In the joint statement, and given “the evolution of events” in Cuba, the three governments warn of the “dramatic situation experienced by the Cuban people” and call for “the necessary measures to be adopted to alleviate this situation and to avoid actions that aggravate the living conditions of the population or contrary to International Law.”
They also reiterate the need to “respect at all times International Law and the principles of territorial integrity, sovereign equality and peaceful settlement of disputes, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.” In this sense, they reaffirm their “inalienable” commitment to “human rights, democratic values and multilateralism.”
They demand a sincere and respectful dialogue
With this wish they call for “a sincere, respectful dialogue in accordance with International Law and the principles of the United Nations Charter”, with the aim of finding “a lasting solution to the current situation and guaranteeing that it is the Cuban people themselves who decide their future in complete freedom.”
The publication comes after this Saturday the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stated that the island does not “aspire to war”, but “has the responsibility to defend itself” in the face of a hypothetical military intervention by the United States. Let us remember that Cuba announced on March 13 that it had opened “dialogue” with the United States, although it was in the “initial phases” and far from any type of agreement.
Instead, this week, US media reported that the Pentagon was emphasizing planning for a possible military intervention in the country, although the US War Department said it did not speculate on “hypothetical scenarios.”
