Cuba expresses solidarity with Iraq

Cuban President Fidel Castro has sent a message of solidarity to his beleaguered Iraqi counterpart, Saddam Hussein.

The message, which was sent on Saturday, expressed solidarity for Iraq in the current climate of external pressure and threats, according to the Iraqi news agency, INA.

President Fidel Castro expresses “the solidarity of Cuba in relation to the external threats and its total support for the end of the embargo imposed on Iraq by the Security Council of the UNO since 1990”.

The message was delivered to the Iraqi President by a member of the Cuban National Assembly who is currently on a visit to Baghdad.

President George Bush has recently promised to use 2all means” at his disposal to remove Saddam Hussein from power, because of his alleged involvement in the fabrication of weapons of mass destruction. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru