This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Republic Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
"The presence of the [American] naval base [at Guantanamo] violates Cuba's sovereignty and territorial integrity and international law," the minister wrote on his Facebook page. He recalled that February 23 marked 122 years since an agreement was signed in 1903, according to which more than 117 square kilometers of Guantanamo Bay were leased to the US government for a limited period, and there was no termination clause in the document.
After a prison was established on the territory of the Guantanamo base in 2002 under the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, the Cuban government tried to terminate the contract and evacuate the base, claiming a violation of the terms of the lease, but these attempts were unsuccessful.
Individuals captured during the United States operation in Afghanistan and other anti-terrorist raids were sent to the Guantanamo camp. Barack Obama, who replaced Bush Jr., signed a decree on the closure of the special prison within 12 months almost immediately after the beginning of the term of office of the President of the United States on January 22, 2009. Nevertheless, the Guantanamo camp still exists, causing sharp criticism of Washington from human rights activists, who have repeatedly noted that the camp's prisoners are in a legal vacuum. The Cuban authorities consider this enclave to be the illegally occupied territory of the Caribbean Republic. tass.ru.
