The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the remarks as “an act of subservience to the United States’ policy of aggression.”

It further warned that, should the decision be carried out, it would expose “the incoming Colombian government’s clear subservience to a policy of division and confrontation between our nations.”

The text notes that the measure “lacks the slightest justification and does not serve Colombia’s national interests,” linking it to “the most infamous and vulgar aspects of anti-Cuban politics” in that country.

“Nothing could be further from the ideals of Latin American and Caribbean unity championed by the founding heroes of both nations,” the statement emphasized.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry noted that there is a “smooth bilateral relationship” with Colombia—characterized by significant progress in economic and trade areas, cooperation, and academic exchanges for the benefit of both peoples—and that Cuba has consistently sought to expand and strengthen these ties.

Cuba asserted that this hostile action does not reflect the sentiments of the Colombian people, whom it has supported for decades in the pursuit of peace through a negotiated political solution to their internal armed conflict.

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