The government of the Dominican Republic on Thursday expelled nine officials from the Cuban embassy in Santo Domingo.
\n\nThe decision drew the ire of Cuba’s communist regime, which described the expulsion as a purported plot of “subordination” against Cuba by the Dominican Republic and the United States.
\n\nThe Dominican Foreign Ministry detailed in an official Thursday statement that it gave nine unidentified members of the Cuban embassy and their respective families a seven-day deadline to leave the Dominican Republic. Although the Dominican government did not specify a reason to expel the communist diplomats, the Foreign Ministry said that the action was taken on the terms stablished by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
\n\n“The Dominican government is acting in accordance with established regulations and will continue to handle this matter with due discretion and through established diplomatic channels in the interest of preserving relations between the two countries,” the text read in part.
\n\n“As this involves diplomatic communications, we wish to inform you that no further details regarding this matter will be provided,” the statement concluded.
\n\nThe Castro regime condemned the Dominican Republic’s decision in a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry, branding the move as a purported “act…
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