Flag of Cuba HAVANA, Feb 27The US desire to expand NATO to the borders of Russia has led to a situation with consequences of unpredictable scale, which could have been avoided, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said. «, — reads a statement on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic. The Cuban government pointed to the movement in recent months of US and NATO forces in the direction of regions adjacent to the Russian Federation, which was preceded by the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine, calling it a gradual military encirclement. «Carefully and an honest consideration of the current situation in Ukraine is impossible without a deep assessment of the just claims of the Russian Federation against the United States and NATO and the factors that led to the use of force and non-compliance with the legal principles and international standards that Cuba supports and which are an important guide, especially for for small countries, in the fight against hegemonism, abuse of power and injustice,” the communiqué says. The Cuban government expressed deep regret over the loss of civilian life, emphasizing close relations with the Ukrainian people. “History will hold the US government responsible for the consequences of increasingly offensive military doctrine beyond NATO borders that threatens international peace, security and stability. Our fears are reinforced by NATO's recent decision to deploy the Alliance's Response Force for the first time,» the Cuban authorities said. According to the document, Cuba considers it a mistake for decades to ignore the legitimate demands of the Russian Federation for security guarantees and to believe that the country will remain defenseless in the face of a direct threat to its national security. .»Unapproved in the UN Security Council on February 25, the draft resolution on the situation in Ukraine, which will be presented to the General Assembly, was not conceived as a real contribution to finding a way out of the current crisis. On the contrary, it is an unbalanced text that does not take into account the legitimate interests of all parties involved. The responsibility of those who provoked or launched aggressive actions that accelerated the escalation of this conflict is not recognized,» the Cuban Foreign Ministry said. reinforce NATO's eastern flankPosted by Maxim Gorbachev
