HAVANA: Cuba on Tuesday (Dec 17) reprised its willingness to enter right into a dialogue with Donald Trump when he returns as US president in January, regardless of his reinstatement of restrictions throughout his first time period.
“Cuba is not going to be the one to recommend or take the initiative to droop present dialogue or cooperation, not even discreet exchanges on delicate points,” Deputy International Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio stated on the tenth anniversary of the rapprochement coordinated by ex-presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
On Dec 17, 2014, Obama and Castro introduced the start of a course of that led to the restoration of diplomatic relations in 2015, after greater than half a century of confrontation between Washington and the communist-run island.
The method culminated with Obama, his spouse Michelle and their two daughters visiting Havana in March 2016.
Trump reversed Obama’s Cuba insurance policies and toughened a US embargo in place since 1962.
Apart from inserting restrictions on sending remittances to household in Cuba, he banned most particular person visits to Cuba and put the island again on an inventory of states that sponsor terrorism.
Present President Joe Biden stored Cuba on that listing however resumed discussions with Havana on the battle in opposition to terrorism and unlawful migration.
Cuba has suffered an unprecedented emigration wave since 2022, pushed by a deep financial disaster which has led to a few nationwide blackouts in two months and shortages of meals and gasoline.
