Seven days after the fire in the crude oil tank at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, Cuba continues to receive various signals of solidarity from international legislative and parliamentary bodies.
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A letter from the Global Council and the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace expressed solidarity with the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Cuban people for the tragedy.
“We express our respect and admiration for the work of the relief organizations that have taken the initiative to prevent further material damage and human loss. We reiterate our respect and admiration for this fraternal people,” summarizes the message signed by Council President Ahmed Bin Mohamed Aljarwan.
The President of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), Guillermo Daniel Ortega Reyes, and the Board of Directors also expressed their support for the Caribbean nation in light of the unfortunate incident. In addition, “they appreciate the efforts of the relief organizations, as well as the solidarity support of the brother countries Mexico and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who came immediately to provide technical assistance and equipment to control the situation as soon as possible. the place” .
In the statement of solidarity, they called on the international community to show their support for the efforts being made to prevent further harm, just as the fraternal Cuban people have always done when any other country needed international assistance.
The President of the National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau, Cipriano Cassamá, wrote to his Cuban counterpart, Esteban Lazo, expressing his condolences and solidarity over the disaster in the Yumurian city.
Meanwhile, the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation declared its solidarity with the Cuban government and people at this moment of pain. “Cuba is a nation that has written epic pages throughout its history. We mourn the human loss and offer our condolences to the families of the victims.”
Deputy Elshad Mirbashir Oglu, Head of the Working Group on Interparliamentary Relations between Azerbaijan and Cuba, stated that the people of the Asian nation are “supporting the kind people of Cuba” in these difficult days, and offered his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the fire and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
MEPs from the Group of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) in the European Parliament, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, wrote to Yaira Jiménez Roig, Cuban Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the European Union, expressing the KKE’s firm solidarity with them the Cuban Party, the government and the people in their efforts to address the problems caused by the accident.
“This is an accident that happened at a particularly complex and difficult time for the energy supply of all countries, and therefore the intensification of the fight against the criminal US blockade against Cuba becomes even more necessary and its lifting even more imperative,” the deputies specify .