The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba today initiated the Parliamentary Public Hearing "Cuba Wants Peace" at the Capitol, with the presence of Esteban Lazo, president of parliament.

From the legislative headquarters, deputies defended the nation's dignity and sovereignty in a space for debate and patriotic reaffirmation. The gathering reflected the Cuban people's commitment to peace and their rejection of all forms of external interference.

"With increasing frequency, from the United States government, threats are wielded that reflect the clear intention to once again impose its control over Cuba's destiny, as it did for 60 years of the last century when it exercised total neocolonial domination over our country," said Deputy Alberto Núñez, president of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power.

"There is no excuse whatsoever that could justify a military aggression against our country, which would definitively cause destruction and the death of Cubans and Americans," he added.

He also called immoral the arguments supporting the idea that a humanitarian crisis could become a justification for military aggression, even when it is obvious that the crisis is being provoked by the very same aggressive government.

"Cuba does not want conflict. We are and have always been a country of peace, of solidarity, that has fostered relationships of respect and friendship with other countries and peoples of the world, including the American people themselves," he reiterated.