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09-13-2006, 07:31 AM
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A top Cuban government official objected to news reports on the non-aligned movement he said conveyed the impression that all its 100-plus members belonged to the "axis of evil."
"Reading some of the news stories, I can't help thinking that the "axis of evil" is growing and will soon be made up of 118 nations," Cuban deputy foreign minister Abelardo Moreno told a news conference on the second day of the non-aligned movement's summit.
Membership will increase from 116 to 118 later this week with the addition of Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis.
In a 2002 speech, President George W. Bush labeled Iraq, then ruled by Saddam Hussein, Iran and North Korea "the axis of evil."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected in Havana later in the week, as is a high-level North Korean delegation.
Bush's phrase has been singled out for censure in the final document of the summit, to be released on Saturday. It says the non-aligned "totally reject the use of the term 'axis of evil' by a certain State to target other states under the pretext of combating terrorism..."
Much of the international news coverage of the summit has focused on the presence of Washington's most vocal foes, from Cuba itself to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Bolivia's Evo Morales and leaders from Iran and North Korea at the meeting, held just 90 miles (145 km) from the U.S. coast.
Several Latin American newspapers have dubbed it "the anti-Bush summit."
Reuters
A top Cuban government official objected to news reports on the non-aligned movement he said conveyed the impression that all its 100-plus members belonged to the "axis of evil."
"Reading some of the news stories, I can't help thinking that the "axis of evil" is growing and will soon be made up of 118 nations," Cuban deputy foreign minister Abelardo Moreno told a news conference on the second day of the non-aligned movement's summit.
Membership will increase from 116 to 118 later this week with the addition of Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis.
In a 2002 speech, President George W. Bush labeled Iraq, then ruled by Saddam Hussein, Iran and North Korea "the axis of evil."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected in Havana later in the week, as is a high-level North Korean delegation.
Bush's phrase has been singled out for censure in the final document of the summit, to be released on Saturday. It says the non-aligned "totally reject the use of the term 'axis of evil' by a certain State to target other states under the pretext of combating terrorism..."
Much of the international news coverage of the summit has focused on the presence of Washington's most vocal foes, from Cuba itself to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Bolivia's Evo Morales and leaders from Iran and North Korea at the meeting, held just 90 miles (145 km) from the U.S. coast.
Several Latin American newspapers have dubbed it "the anti-Bush summit."
Reuters