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US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz He was interrupted during a speech this week and asked about his participation in a leaked Signal group chat.
waltz spoke till United Nations General Assembly Tuesday ahead of a vote on a resolution condemning US economic sanctions on Cuba. As Waltz defended his country’s position, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez interrupted his speech with what he called a “point of order” and described the ambassador’s comments as “rude, rude and gross.”
Then he appeared calling Waltz’s participation in group chat with other Trump administration officials on the messaging app Signal, which was leaked earlier this year.
“Mr. Waltz, this is the United Nations General Assembly,” he said. “This is not Signal Chat. Nor is this the House of Representatives.”
Waltz responded, “I am well aware of the place we are talking about.” “And it’s not even the Communist illegitimate legislature in Havana.”
in March, atlantic‘S The editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, explained that Waltz accidentally added him to a group chat on Signal. As Goldberg reports, Trump administration officials there — including Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — appeared to discuss plans to attack Houthi targets in Yemen. Waltz was serving as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump at the time.
Waltz has stated that no classified information was shared, and Claimed in July that Signal was “recommended” for use By the administration of former President Joe Biden. Hegseth similarly defended the chat, telling reporters at the time, “no one was writing war plans,
in may, Waltz was removed from the post of National Security Advisor. and was instead nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations.
In his UN speech this week, Waltz described the assembly’s resolution as “political theater” and accused the Cuban government of portraying itself as a “victim of aggression, while clearly labeling itself an ‘enemy of the United States.'” Waltz also objected to the terms “embargo” and “blockade” to describe the country’s sanctions on Cuba.
“The United States has always allowed Cuba to import food, to import medicine, to import humanitarian goods,” he said. Said,
A day later, the United Nations voted to condemn the US economic embargo on Cuba for the 33rd year. associated Press Report. This year, 165 countries supported the resolution, while seven countries voted against it and 12 countries abstained. Last year, 187 countries supported this proposal. This resolution is not legally binding, but reflects the opinions of the countries voting.
Rodriguez said associated Press This week’s resolution “is not binding, but it is powerful.”
“We cannot underestimate the importance, the impact, of the powerful message delivered year after year by the General Assembly, the most democratic, representative body of the international community,” he said.
This year’s vote came like this Cuba was devastated by Hurricane MelissaA record breaking storm As of Wednesday evening, at least 30 people have died in the Caribbean.
Independent The State Department and Cuba’s Foreign Ministry have been contacted for comment.