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Pakistan welcomes re-establishment of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties

Xinhua, July 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the re-establishment of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties after more than 50 years.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the two countries have agreed on the reopening of their embassies. The United States had shut embassy in Cuba in 1961.

Pakistan's top Foreign Affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, has welcomed the announcement made by the United States of America and Cuba to re-open embassies in each other's capitals, the foreign ministry said.

"This step to re-establish full diplomatic relations that was terminated in 1961, will help promote friendly relations between the two countries and their peoples," Aziz said in a statement.

The Adviser noted that Pakistan had welcomed the momentous announcement by the two countries in December last year to re- establish diplomatic relations.

Aziz said that as a friend of both countries, Pakistan believed that further steps towards full normalization of relations will also promote the cause of peace and harmony in that region. He wished both governments success as they moved forward in this direction, a foreign ministry statement said.

Diplomatic relations will be officially re-established on July 20, according to a statement from the Cuban Foreign Ministry. The country will also open its embassy in Washington that day. Endi