Washington plans to withdraw most of the staff of its diplomatic mission in Cuba. About it reports Reuters with reference to sources in the state Department and Congress.
More than 20 diplomats working in Havana, has complained previously ailments, which, as suggested by the us Department of state, was called the “acoustic attack” with unidentified sound equipment.
It is planned that the Republic will remain only the core staff of the diplomatic mission, necessary to support the work of the Embassy.
According to the Agency, in the next few days the state Department will present the evacuation plan. While not yet decided whether it will be mandatory or voluntary.
The American Embassy in Cuba resumed in 2016. Before Washington and Havana more than 50 years of no diplomatic relations.
With the end of 2016, the staff of the American Embassy, and five families of the canadian Embassy began to complain of feeling unwell — nausea, headaches, problems with hearing and orientation in space — for no apparent reason. Later, a version that diplomats have been applied to some sound device. Cuban authorities categorically deny “acoustic attack”.