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U.S.-Cuba to discuss re-establishing diplomatic relations

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Top U.S. diplomat for Latin America will travel to Cuba on Jan. 21-24 to discuss re- establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday.

Apart from the previously scheduled migration talks, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson will launch a discussion with the Cuban government on re- establishing diplomatic relations, a State Department statement said.

The agenda for the talks include technical and logistical arrangements such as embassy operations, staffing and visa processing.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Commerce on Thursday announced regulatory amendments to sanctions on Cuba following the U.S. president's last year's announcement of a set of diplomatic and economic changes to chart a new course in U.S. relations with Cuba.

In December 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a historically new policy towards Cuba, in a move to normalize relations and end more than five decades of estrangement between the two countries. Endite