The government of Cuba has released a statement condemning the move by the US government to designate the Caribbean socialist state as a terrorist state.

We reproduce the statement below as part of our duty to condemn the continued attacks on the people of Cuba by the US governments. It is also reproduced as part of the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) solidarity with the government of Cuba in the struggle against US Imperialism and also in the spirit of internationalism.

“STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CUBA

Firm and absolute condemnation of the fraudulent designation of

Cuba as a State that sponsors terrorism.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba condemns, in the strongest and

most absolute terms, the fraudulent designation of Cuba as a State that

sponsors terrorism which, in a cynical and hypocritical move, has been

announced by the government of the United States.

For some months now, there have been speculations about the possibility

of including Cuba in a unilateral list issued by the State Department that

designates countries, without having received any mandate or having any

legitimacy whatsoever to do that and without having any genuine

motivation in relation to terrorism and its sequels, in order to use it as an

instrument to denigrate and implement economic coercive measure against

other countries that may refuse to indulge the whims of the US imperialism.

The announcement made by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is an

arrogant action by a discredited, dishonest and morally bankrupted

government.

It is well known –and there is little doubt about it- that the true

motivation behind this action is to impose additional obstacles to any

prospective restoration of bilateral relations between Cuba and the United

States.

Cuba is not a State that sponsors terrorism and this is a truth that has been

widely recognized by everybody. Cuba’s official and well-known policy and

impeccable behavior has been that of rejecting terrorism in all its forms and

manifestations, particularly State terrorism, wherever and by and against

whoever committed.

Cuba has been a State victim of terrorism and our people have suffered

from it first hand, at the cost of 3 478 fatalities and 2099 persons with

disabilities due to the actions carried out by the government of the United

States or that have been perpetrated and sponsored from the territory of

that country with the acquiescence of the US official authorities.

We Cubans disdainfully deplore every maneuver aimed at manipulating such a sensitive issue to achieve gross politically opportunistic goals.

(CubaMINREX)”