Cuba sends message of solidarity to Australian people and government

Cuba sends message of solidarity to Australian people and government

1 Estrella2 Estrellas3 Estrellas4 Estrellas5 Estrellas (Sin valoración)
Cargando...

A message expressing deep sorrow in the wake of devastating fires in Australia was sent Wednesday by Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of Cuba’s National Assembly and Council of State, to Tony Smith, Speaker of the country’s House of Representatives.

Australia’s forest fires have killed millions of animals and destroyed ecosystems. Photo: EFE
Australia’s forest fires have killed millions of animals and destroyed ecosystems. Photo: EFE

«On behalf of the National Assembly of People’s Power, our people and myself, I wish to express our most sincere condolences to the families of the deceased, to the Australian Parliament and people given the damage caused by the incident,» reads the letter published on the National Assembly’s website.

Lazo lamented the loss of human life, harm to the nation’s ecosystem, the deaths of millions of animals and the severe economic damage caused by this major disaster.

«Once again we witness with concern the harmful effects of climate change on our planet, causing great droughts, enormous fires with the destruction of millions of hectares of forests, melting ice and other phenomena that seriously threaten life,» Lazo wrote.

His message joins that of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who in a January 7 tweet reiterated Cuba’s solidarity with Australia, where fires have destroyed some six million hectares of forest and caused the deaths of at least twenty persons, noting the disaster as a consequence of climate change.

«Cuba mourns and expresses our solidarity with Australia’s population who, on the smallest continent in the world, are suffering the consequences of climate change: 6 million hectares of forests burned and the death of 25 people and some 500 million animals,» he wrote.

In another message Díaz-Canel stated: «While all living species are fleeing in horror from the hell of Australia’s forests, the empire is fanning a terrible fire, putting the world on the brink of war. Fidel Castro asked, more than 40 years ago: What is the United Nations for? Today an answer is urgently needed.» (Taken from en.granma.cu)

Compartir...

Escribir comentario

© 2018 Trabajadores. Órgano de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba
Director: Alberto Núñez Betancourt
Subdirectores Editoriales: Alina Martínez Triay y Joel García León
Territorial y General Suárez. Plaza de la Revolución. La Habana, Cuba. CP: 10698
Fax: 053 (7) 555927 E-mail: digital@trabajadores.cu