The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, November 18 released a statement condemning continuing Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and Damascus and calling for UN intervention and an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba condemns, in the strongest terms, the continued air strikes perpetrated by Israeli government forces against the residential areas of Beirut and Damascus, in flagrant violation of international law, including international humanitarian law.
Cuba denounces, in particular, the air strike carried out on November 14 by the Israeli forces occupying the Syrian Golan against the residential neighbourhood of Mezzeh in Damascus, where diplomatic headquarters and United Nations offices accredited in Syria are located.
We denounce, in the same terms, Israel's daily attacks in the southern suburb of Beirut, near the Hazmieh neighborhood.
These attacks have occurred in places very close to the Cuban diplomatic headquarters in Damascus and Beirut.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba has requested that the UN Secretary-General give attention to this complaint, and demands that the Security Council exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, as established by the Charter of the United Nations.
We also request the President of the General Assembly' efforts along the same lines.
The heinous crimes, committed by Israel, have caused dozens of deaths and injuries to the civilian population, including women and children, and led to the complete destruction of residential buildings.
These actions are part of the aggressive policy of the State of Israel against the nations of the Middle East, as evidenced by the genocide it commits against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the attacks in Lebanon and other aggressions against the territories of Syria.
Israel, the occupying power, has the military, logistical and political backing of the United States government, which guarantees it impunity and has led to a dangerous escalation that further compromises regional and international stability and security.
Cuba, while expressing its solidarity with the nations attacked by Israel, calls for legitimate international efforts to achieve peace and an immediate and permanent ceasefire, which will prevent a further escalation of a conflict that has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians, including women, the elderly and children and has aggravated the humanitarian crisis to alarming levels among the peoples of the region.
In accordance with its foreign policy based on strict respect for the UN Charter and International Law, the Republic of Cuba reiterates that peace will only be possible in the Middle East through a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the conflict, which includes the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state. with the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the return of refugees.
It also demands that Palestine's membership in the UN be guaranteed without further delay.