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| Cuba Asks U.S. to Avoid Civilian Casualties in Attack on Afghanistan |
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FRI, OCT 12, 2001
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Cuba urged Washington Thursday to avoid civilian casualties in the U.S.-led military reprisals against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, for the deadly September 11 terrorist strikes on U.S. major landmarks in New York City and Washington D.C.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Cuban Consulate in Seville in southern Spain, the Vice President of Cuba's Council of Ministers, Jose Ramon Fernandez, said Cuba favors "a fair and honest solution" to the current situation in Afghanistan.
The Cuban senior official said the solution could not lead to a "loss of innocent blood", adding that his government does not agree on the unilateral anti-terrorist actions.
Fernandez said terrorists and their backers should be punished by law, in stead of by "affected people or States", calling for joint efforts against terrorism and against those "who promote, tolerate and participate in it".
"Hopefully we'll join together to reject terrorism in all its forms," he added.
Fernandez also urged "to establish and clearly define what terrorism is."
The U.S.-led forces began their missile attacks and air raids on the Afghan ruling Taliban's installations and Osama bin Laden's training camps inside Afghanistan on Sunday evening.
The White House has considered Saudi-born billionaire bin Laden, who is now in exile, as the prime suspect of the September 11 terrorist attacks in which about five thousand people were feared dead, and accused the Taliban regime of harboring and supporting bin Laden.
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