CUBA-USA/LETTER-CASTRO Cuba's President Raul Castro sends letter to Obama, confirms restoring ties

Record ID: 149177

  • Title: CUBA-USA/LETTER-CASTRO Cuba's President Raul Castro sends letter to Obama, confirms restoring ties
  • Date: 1st July 2015
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (FILE) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF HAVANA VARIOUS OF CAPITOL BUILDING VARIOUS OF STREET SCENES IN HAVANA
  • Embargoed: 16th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
    Cuban President Raul Castro sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday (July 01), saying Cuba has agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations with the United States and open permanent diplomatic missions in the respective countries on July 20.
    In the letter, Castro confirms the opening of embassies in both countries.
    "Mr. President, in accordance with the announcements from the 17th of December of 2014 and the high-level conversations between our governments, it pleases me to confirm that the Republic of Cuba has decided to re-establish diplomatic relations with the United States of America and open permanent diplomatic missions in our respective countries on the 20th of July, 2015," the letter read.
    The letter was delivered by the chief of the Cuban diplomatic mission in Washington to a State Department official, Cuba said.
    At the same time the Cuban government issued a statement saying the United States should end its economic embargo of Cuba, halt radio and television broadcasts beamed into the country and stop "subversive" programs inside Cuba. The statement said such steps were necessary in order for the countries to enjoy normal overall relations once diplomatic ties were restored.
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