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Prensa Latina
August 11, 2008
Cuba for Georgia Withdrawal from S. Ossetia
-On the dawn of August 8th, Georgia in complicity with
the US government launched its forces against South
Ossetia attempting to occupy the capital, which was
publicly announced the same day of the inauguration of
the Beijing Olympic Games.
Havana - The Cuban government issued an official
statement supporting a request for Georgian military
forces to withdraw from the Autonomous Republic of
South Ossetia, while reiterating its peaceful policy.
Prensa Latina is posting below the full text of the
Cuban Government's Official Declaration
On the Situation in South Ossetia:
Cuba defends peace as an indispensable requisite for
the development of all the nations of the world.
During over half a century our country has been a
victim to aggressions from the US government forcing
us to invest countless resources and energy. We have
been firm and persistent in the defense of our
country’s sovereignty and support the efforts of the
United Nations and its struggle for peace.
A part of our territory has been occupied by force for
over 100 years and Cuba has never nor will ever
attempt to use violence to recover that part of its
territory. Its foreign policy is known and recognized
by the international community.
A crisis has emerged which worries other nations,
originated from the news of combat that sparked in the
Caucasus, on the border with southern Russia.
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, South
Ossetia, annexed by force by forces in Georgia, which
never shared its nationality and culture, conserved
its condition of autonomous republic with its local
authorities and its capital Tskhinvali.
On the dawn of August 8th, Georgia in complicity with
the US government launched its forces against South
Ossetia attempting to occupy the capital, which was
publicly announced the same day of the inauguration of
the Beijing Olympic Games.
It is false that Georgia is defending national
sovereignty. The Russian troops were legally in South
Ossetia as a force destined to guarantee peace in the
region as known by the international community; they
did not commit any illegality.
The request of a withdrawal of the invaders is just
and our government supports it.
Cuba, threatened by US forces, cannot, as a matter of
principle, accept a ceasefire without the withdrawal
of the invading forces. If we were attacked by foreign
forces we would never allow such a ceasefire.
Raul Castro Ruz
President of the Councils of State and Ministers
Havana, August 10, 2008
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