Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denied information about the presence of Cubans in a special military operations zone in Ukraine and their participation in the conflict as mercenaries. This was reported by Reuters.
Therefore, Rodríguez commented on the statement of Cuban Ambassador to Russia Garmendia Peña that Havana is not against the legal participation of Cubans in the Northern Military District on the Russian side as contracted mercenaries.
The head of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that according to Cuban legislation, citizens of the country are prohibited from participating in any kind of conflict, such as mercenary activities.
Violating these laws means long prison sentences or even life sentences, Rodriguez reminded.
Last week, Cuban officials announced that they had identified a network of “recruiters” for the Russian army to join the wars in Ukraine. The 17 people detained faced 30 years in prison or imprisonment. Earlier, Havana had declared Russia’s right to defend itself and condemned NATO expansion. Details are in the material “socialbites.ca”.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.
Source: Gazeta
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