The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Khalilur Rahman, suspended the plenary meeting for several minutes due to a verbal confrontation between the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and the permanent representative of the United States. US before the World Organization, Mike Waltz. During Waltz's intervention in the session dedicated to proposing the resolution on lifting the American embargo on Cuba, Rodríguez Parrilla got up from his seat and approached the podium where the permanent representative of the USA was. The minister demanded from Rahman to give him permission to speak, claiming that Waltz violated the rules of procedure of the session. "This man must stay away from the platform. He is not going to threaten me in the United States, as he is trying to do. "I am the representative of the United States, stand aside," Waltz said. Video: TASS/UNTV/Reuters.

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Khalilur Rahman, suspended the plenary meeting for several minutes due to a verbal confrontation between the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and the permanent representative of the United States. US before the World Organization, Mike Waltz. During Waltz's intervention in the session dedicated to proposing the resolution on lifting the American embargo on Cuba, Rodríguez Parrilla got up from his seat and approached the podium where the permanent representative of the USA was. The minister demanded from Rahman to give him permission to speak, claiming that Waltz violated the rules of procedure of the session. "This man must stay away from the platform. He is not going to threaten me in the United States, as he is trying to do. "I am the representative of the United States, stand aside," Waltz said. Video: TASS/UNTV/Reuters.