In press release published in the web site CubaMinRex, the director of Bilateral Matters of the General Direction of the United States of the Department of Foreign Affairs he added that ‘, on having finished the meeting, which developed in a professional climate, two delegations agreed to mantain the communication in the future as part of this process ‘.

A press release of the Cuban chancellery before to the meeting of this Monday pointed out that the delegations would be presided by the general director for the United States of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal, and the assistant secretary for the of the Western Hemisphere of the US Department of State, Roberta Jacobson.

Also, that the meeting will take place ‘in correspondance with the communication that both parts agreed on after the celebration of the second round of conversations realized on February 27, 2015, in Washington ‘.

The decision to begin this process was announced simultaneously last December 17 by the presidents of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and of the United States, Barack Obama, like part of the actions directed to the normalization of the bilateral ties between both countries.

(Prensa Latina)

USA-Cuba. Photo: Ramon Espinosa/ AP

A new meeting between delegations of Cuba and the United States is being held today in this capital, to continue discussion on issues referred to the process for the restoration of diplomatic relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed here that the delegations will be headed by Director General of the United States Department at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson.

This meeting will be held “in correspondence with the communication that both sides agreed to maintain after the holding of the second round of talks on February 27, 2015 in Washington,” said the statement by the bilateral issues director of the U.S. General Direction at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The decision to begin this process was simultaneously announced on December 17, 2014 by Cuba’s President Raul Castro and US’s Barack Obama, as part of actions destined to the normalization of bilateral ties.

(Prensa Latina)