US EditionCuba refuses to negotiate president's term in talks with United States
Cuba denies negotiating President Díaz-Canel’s political future with the US amid talks addressing an ongoing US oil blockade worsening the island’s energy crisis.
- Cuba rejected any suggestion its political system or President Miguel Díaz-Canel's term were negotiable in talks with the United States, Vice-Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio affirmed.
- Reporting by USA Today and The New York Times suggested the Trump administration considered an economic deal with Cuba earlier this month that included an off-ramp for Díaz-Canel and would leave the family of Fidel and Raúl Castro untouched.
- De Cossio declined to disclose where or when bilateral discussions took place, saying 'These are very complex issues that can be discussed, but they require dialogue' and 'They require sitting down and are legitimate matters'.
- He highlighted topics of mutual interest, notably trade severed by the comprehensive US economic embargo, while Cuba acknowledged it had entered talks about a week ago amid economic pressure linked to a US oil blockade.
- Analysts say the talks mark a significant shift with longstanding economic compensation claims and 5,913 claims from Americans over properties nationalised after the 1959 revolution.
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Cuba refuses to negotiate president's term in talks with U.S.
Cuba on Friday rejected any suggestion that its political system or the term of its president were subject to negotiation in talks with the United States, following reports that Washington sought to remove Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel from power.
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President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated Cuba's willingness to enter into negotiations with the United States to the extent that this does not imply discussing the political system that has been in place since 1959. If that does not happen, the government is willing to entrench itself in the midst of the suffocating "energy fence" prepared by Washington that has the island in the dark and in the midst of enormous economic and social hardships. "Re…
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HAVANA, Cuba — Cuban officials have rejected any effort by the United States to include the country’s political leadership in ongoing negotiations, signaling limits to potential diplomatic progress between the two nations. Vice-Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said Cuba will not negotiate the status of President Miguel Díaz-Canel or its political system, even as both sides explore discussions on economic and trade issues. The talks co…
The Cuban Executive has rejected “categorically” on Friday any change in its political system patterned from the United States, after President Donald Trump assured that he would have “the honor” to “take or liberate Cuba,” and has opened the door to the establishment of a cordial relationship between Washington and Havana as long as it does not involve changes in the political regime of the Caribbean nation.
The island state is negotiating with the US – but not with its political system and its president, Cuba's foreign minister says. They are preparing for aggression.
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