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1st LD: U.S.-Cuba talks end without deal, more talks to follow

Xinhua, May 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United States and Cuba concluded their two-day talks here on Friday without a deal on reopening embassies, but agreed to meet more in the coming weeks.

Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, the chief U.S. negotiator with Cuba, told reporters that the two countries are " much closer" toward their goals now.

Josefina Vidal, director of U.S. affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, said the two sides will meet more in the coming weeks on the functioning of the embassies, as they continued to make progress in the just-concluded fourth round of talks.

Jacobson said, however, that there is no need for her to meet with Vidal for another round of negotiations, but the two countries will meet through their "Interests Sections" based in each other's capitals. Endite