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Cuba proposes to revitalise NAM By M.P. Muttiah Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno Fernandez says the 14th Non-Aligned Summit that would be held in Havana next year, exactly 30 years after the Colombo Summit, would redefine the objectives of the Movement and provide methodological guidelines. He said the Third World countries needed a forum to join hands and take a common position in the international arena. In a lecture at the Cuban Embassy last evening the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister said that the Non-Aligned Movement suffered a set back after the Cold War, after the softening of East-West relations, after the world became unipolar, and after unilateral measures against developing countries. Fernandez said that no country could take unilateral measures in the present day world. Countries of the world, especially in the South, must cooperate with each other in solving common problems. The Havana Summit would revitalize the spirit of Bandung Summit of 1955. He said the principles enshrined in the Bandung Declaration such as non-use of force in international affairs, sovereignty of nations, self determination etc. are still valid today. "Cuban foreign policy depends on its relations with the United States. Cuba is constantly subjected to pressure and blackmail by the US," the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister said. According to him a fundamental objective of the Cuban foreign policy is the constant struggle against the economic embargo imposed by the USA 45 years ago. He said the international community was always with Cuba at the United Nations supporting the resolutions that call for the lifting of the embargo. Cuba had established diplomatic relations with 131 countries. He said Cuba always wished to share its resources with others. More than 40 thousand students from Third World countries had graduated from Cuban universities. He said the US policy of isolating Cuba, that was followed since the Revolution had suffered an uttter failure. Elaborating further on the foreign policy objectives of Cuba, the Deputy Foreign Minister said, strengthening cooperation with the Third World countries assumed greater importance today. Latin American countries experience a new situation where popular governments took power. He said the neo-liberal policies put forward by the United States and multilateral agencies were doomed to fail. |
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