Cuba considers summit convened by U.S. as political trickery

 HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 13 (ACN) The Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX by its Spanish acronym) called today the virtual summit convened by the United States government on December 9 and 10 a political trick.

The Cuban foreign ministry denounced that, with pre-recorded speeches by the guests and a totally manipulated agenda, this event was a demagogic exercise, with zero benefit for the international community and without any proposal to solve the most pressing problems of the world we share.
As a political artifice, it only served to show the growing isolation, alienation and loss of influence of the most powerful nation on the planet, the Minrex Official Note pointed out.

It added that, in a practical sense, the only visible result of this summit is the commitment to allocate 400 million dollars to the political subversion of sovereign states in clear violation of international law.

The Declaration details that the U.S. government missed the opportunity to convene an inclusive meeting, promoting cooperation and the search for solutions to any of the problems that most urgently and seriously impact the lives of the majority of the world's population.

It stresses that the U.S. did not have the will to join efforts to confront hunger, malnutrition, poverty and growing inequalities, unhealthy conditions, migration problems, drug trafficking, organized and cross-border crime, the arms race or climate change.

Nor did it even think of convening world leaders to discuss and articulate a concerted response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other communicable diseases. The fact is that the United States cannot provide solutions as long as its policies are an essential part of such serious problems.
With great demagogy, they add that this country called the unreal meeting under the theme of "democracy", assumed as the defense of capitalism and applicable only to governments that do not challenge the hegemonic authority of the United States.

Such a scenario clearly shows the true divisive purpose and the interest in diverting world attention from the serious problems facing U.S. society and the U.S. political system today, the statement underlines.

As Cuba has been warning, the U.S. government is leading a dangerous campaign aimed at creating an international crisis, dividing the planet and punishing countries that defend progressive projects or do not accept the models imposed by the United States.

And it continues stating that it is contrary to the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed in Havana by all the countries of our region, which establishes the commitment to fully respect the inalienable right of every State to choose its political, economic, social and cultural system, as an essential condition to ensure peaceful coexistence among nations.

The fact that more than 80 countries, including Cuba, were not invited to this event is not surprising, because we are a nation that for almost 63 years has successfully rejected the U.S. attempt to subjugate it and has effectively defended its inalienable right to self-determination, the statement of the foreign ministry continued.

In a summit aimed at promoting capitalism, and the central and dominant role of the U.S. in its promotion, the presence of socialist Cuba should not be expected, it ratified.