Havana, June 14 (EFE).- The Cuban Government criticized this Friday the decision of the G7 to grant a loan of at least 46,000 million euros (49,215 million dollars) to kyiv with the interests of Russian assets frozen in the European Union (EU) for sanctions against Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
According to the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, expressed on social networks, this measure will not serve to advance towards peace but rather will contribute to a worsening of the situation, in addition to having no legal basis.
“The G7 agreement to use Russian assets frozen in Western banks for the military conflict in Europe, far from being a solution for peace, constitutes an incentive for the escalation of war and a serious violation of International Law,” he wrote.
The G7, meeting this week in Italy, agreed on this measure as one more formula to help Ukraine in its financial and military effort. Russia, for its part, has already advanced retaliation.
The Cuban Government has defended Russia from the first moment in this war, despite the pacifist and anti-imperialist rhetoric of its diplomacy and its traditional friendship with Ukraine, founded during its years in the socialist bloc.
In recent years, Cuba and Russia have deepened their historic relations in the political, military and economic spheres. The first are mainly harassed by the serious crisis they suffer; the latter, to consolidate their meager network of allies and take advantage of the geostrategic value of the island.
Cuba is not expected to be represented at the Peace Conference on Ukraine that begins in Switzerland this Saturday. EFE
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