Cuba denies recognition to Libya's Transitional National Council

HAVANA, September 4 (Itar-Tass) - Cuban government does not recognize
the Transitional National Council, which has seized state power in Libya,
and it is withdrawing its diplomatic personnel from that Arab country,
says a statement the Cuban Foreign Ministry released Saturday.
The document says that foreign interference and NATO-led military
aggression have aggravated the internal conflict in Libya. It also
indicates that Cuban diplomats have become eyewitnesses of NATO jets'
bombing civilian facilities and the resultant deaths of innocent peaceful
citizens.
The statement declares Cuba's refusal to recognize the TNC or any
other interim power and says Havana will recognize only the government
that will be set up in a legitimate way, that is, through a free,
sovereign and united expression of the will by the "fraternal Libyan
people" in the absence of foreign military interference.
The Foreign Ministry believes that NATO used the need for defending
civilians as a crude pretext, while killing thousands of Libyans in
reality.
It also accuses the UN of having ignored the international public
opinion in defense of peace and playing the role of an actual accomplice
in the unleashing of a war for conquest.
Cuba once again calls on other countries to give the Libyan people an
opportunity "to tap a peaceful solution to the conflict" so that is could
effectuate its legitimate right to independence and self-determination.
Havana accuses NATO of taking the actions against Syria that might
create a situation lucrative for intervention in that country, too. In
this light, it demands an end to outside interference in the affairs of
that Arab country.
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