Spanish official says government wants to aid normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations
Spanish official says government wants to aid normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations
Published September 06, 2015/
EFE
Spain wants to "facilitate to the maximum" relations between Cuba and the United States, the speaker of the lower house of Spain's parliament, Jesus Posada, said Saturday in Havana, adding that his country will "do all it can" to smooth the path to normalization between the two countries.
After hailing the renewal of diplomatic ties between Havana and Washington as "a great accomplishment," Posada recalled that after so many years of embargo and confrontation, "we can't expect that everything will be all fixed up in a matter of weeks or months," but considered that "there is a positive path ahead that will open bit by bit."
"Spain as a member of the European Union will do all it can to make that happen," the lower house speaker said.
He recalled that his country has stood by Cuba through "difficult times," while other European Union countries "were perhaps not so close to Cuba as we were."
More:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2015/09/06/spanish-official-says-government-wants-to-help-facilitate-normalization-of-us-cuban-relations/
(Although this info. was carried by Fox "News" Latino, the story was published by Spain's E.F.E.)
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