A senior Cuban diplomat said ending the US oil blockade of the island was ‘a top priority’ for Cuba in talks he described as ‘sensitive’
A senior Cuban diplomat on Monday confirmed recent talks in Havana with US officials, as the communist-led island faces a deep crisis over US President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign.
“I can confirm that a meeting between delegations from Cuba and the United States was recently held here in Cuba,” Alejandro Garcia, the foreign ministry’s director of Cuba-US affairs, told the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
The US negotiators laid out several conditions for negotiations with Cuba to continue, including the release of prominent political prisoners, according to Axios, which cited a State Department official.
Garcia denied the claims on Monday.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
