Cuba says the US is making up drone threat claims to justify possible military action
Cuba says the US is making up security concerns about drones and ties with other countries to get stronger sanctions.
Reports say that Washington is getting more worried about Cuba’s alleged drone capabilities and growing ties with Russia and Iran. In response, the Cuban government said that the US was making up accusations against Havana as a pretext for possible military aggression.
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, the foreign minister of Cuba, said that the US was “making a fraudulent case” against Cuba to get support for harsher penalties and more pressure on the Caribbean country.
The claim came after news stories in the US suggested that US intelligence agencies were looking into what they called a new security threat connected to Cuba’s purchase of military drones.
Reports say that US officials are worried that Havana may be stepping up military cooperation with Russia, Iran, and other countries that the US sees as strategic foes.
Cuba, on the other hand, said the accusations were politically driven and part of a long-running effort to isolate the communist-run island nation.
The new development makes things even worse between the US and Cuba, whose ties are already very tense. This comes at a time when Cuba’s economy is getting worse and there is renewed competition between major world powers in politics.
Analysts say that things have gotten worse between the two countries in the past few months because of stricter US sanctions, which have made it harder for Cuba to get fuel and raised international tensions.
The Cuban government has said many times that the US’s decades-old embargoes and other restrictive measures hurt the island’s economy. The US says that its policies are meant to support freedom and human rights.
Reports said that Cuba may have increased its drone program with help from other countries. This made Washington worry about security because of possible threats near key U.S. facilities, such as the Guantanamo Bay naval base.
Havana strongly denied having any hostile goals, saying that the claims were made to make people afraid and give a reason for more harsh actions against the country.
People who follow international relations say that the war of words is happening at a tricky time because of the growing divide between Western powers and countries that support Russia and China.
