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June 9, 2023

China, Cuba and U.S. Reject Reports of Chinese Surveillance Base in Cuba
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Chinese, Cuban and U.S. officials have dismissed reports by The Wall
Street Journal alleging an agreement between China and Cuba to build a
multibillion-dollar electronic spy installation on the island to
intercept communications from the United States. China's foreign
minister denounced the story as slander. In Havana, Cuba's deputy
foreign minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, called the report "totally
mendacious and unfounded," while pointing to the U.S. military's role in
the region.

Carlos Fernández de Cossío: "We reject any foreign military presence in
Latin America and the Caribbean, including many bases and military
forces of the United States, especially the military base that illegally
occupies part of the national territory in the Guantánamo province."



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