Cuban Minister rejects US claims on sonic attacks
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
Washington (CNN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said today that the United States has provided no evidence for its claims that US diplomats in Havana have come under deliberate sonic attack  and raised the question of whether the Trump administration is using the diplomats' injuries to unwind recent progress in creating closer ties.
"There is no evidence  there is no evidence whatsoever  of the occurrence of the alleged incidents or the cause or origin of these ailments reported by US diplomats "  Rodriguez Parrilla  said today in Washington. "Neither is there any evidence suggesting that these health problems have been caused by an attack of any sort during their stay in Cuba."
"These health problems are being used as a pretext of a political character ... to harm bilateral relations "  Rodriguez Parrilla  said at a press conference at the National Press Club. "The US government should stop politicizing this issue."
 The Cuban minister  said that the United States hasn't provided  his  government with any proof to substantiate President Donald Trump's statement that Cuba is to blame for medical problems suffered by more than 22 US diplomats and family members  some of whom have reportedly suffered brain injuries.
 Rodriguez Parrilla  also slammed Trump for  his  rhetoric about the island nation  citing the "repeated disrespectful and offensive statements on Cuba by the US president." Trump's rhetoric is responsible for "re-launching the hostile rhetoric of the periods of sharpest confrontation "  he  said.
 He  added that anyone who claims the diplomats' health problems are the result of an attack is "deliberately lying."
Washington (CNN) [TGT] said today that the United States has provided no evidence for its claims that US diplomats in Havana have come under deliberate sonic attack  and raised the question of whether the Trump administration is using the diplomats' injuries to unwind recent progress in creating closer ties.
"There is no evidence  there is no evidence whatsoever  of the occurrence of the alleged incidents or the cause or origin of these ailments reported by US diplomats "  [TGT]said today in Washington. "Neither is there any evidence suggesting that these health problems have been caused by an attack of any sort during their stay in Cuba."
"These health problems are being used as a pretext of a political character ... to harm bilateral relations [TGT]said at a press conference at the National Press Club. "The US government should stop politicizing this issue."
 The Cuban minister  said that the United States hasn't provided  his  government with any proof to substantiate President Donald Trump's statement that Cuba is to blame for medical problems suffered by more than 22 US diplomats and family members  some of whom have reportedly suffered brain injuries.
 [TGT]also slammed Trump for  [TGT]  rhetoric about the island nation  citing the "repeated disrespectful and offensive statements on Cuba by the US president." Trump's rhetoric is responsible for "re-launching the hostile rhetoric of the periods of sharpest confrontation "  he  said.
 He  added that anyone who claims the diplomats' health problems are the result of an attack is "deliberately lying."