In a statement, the Cuban Foreign Ministry emphasized that Hammer’s conduct is inappropriate for a diplomat, bedides being disrespectful to the Cuban people.

Alejandro Garcia, Director of Bilateral Affairs at the US General Directorate, delivered a verbal note of protest to the diplomat expressing his firm rejection of such behavior, according to the statement.

It also specified that these actions violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and contradict the Agreement on the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations signed between the two governments.

Garcia emphasized, as outlined in the verbal note delivered, that by inciting Cuban citizens to commit extremely serious criminal acts, attacking the constitutional order, or encouraging them to act against the authorities, and demonstrating in support of the interests and goals of a hostile foreign power, the diplomat is engaging in provocative and irresponsible behavior.

He added that the immunity he (Hammer) enjoys as a representative of his country cannot be used as cover for acts contrary to the sovereignty and internal order of the country to which he is accredited.

The verbal note delivered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the Chargé d’Affaires’ public and insulting manipulation of the National Hero Jose Marti and emphasized that the diplomat demonstrates his ignorance of the fact that independence and anti-imperialism are pillars of the nation, based on the Apostle’s conviction and warning against the United States’ desire for domination.

In this regard, the director of Bilateral Issues took advantage of the meeting to give the diplomat copies of excerpts from Jose Marti’s unfinished letter to his Mexican friend Manuel Mercado.

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