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HAVANA. — Cuban and US government representatives are set to resume negotiations today over normalising ties. The second meeting of the Cuba-US Bilateral Commission, created after the two nations restored diplomatic ties earlier this year, will take place in Washington. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said last week the two delegations will review topics agreed during the commission’s first meeting in September in Havana.
The delegates will discuss “results achieved over the intervening months (since September) and the complex issues between the two countries which are pending resolution, including the lifting of the blockade,” the ministry said, referring to the US-led trade embargo against Cuba.
The bilateral agenda also includes human rights issues, as Washington has essentially imposed its embargo on Cuba over allegations that the socialist government restricts the right to assembly and freedom of speech. — Xinhua.
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