US EditionCuba refuses to negotiate president's term in talks with United States
Cuba rejects U.S. demands to negotiate its political leadership while seeking talks on trade, compensation, and lifting the oil blockade amid an ongoing 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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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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By Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español. The Cuban government affirmed this Friday that the island's political system, including President Miguel Díaz-Canel, "is not up for negotiation" with the United States. "What I can categorically confirm, and it's in line with what the president (Díaz-Canel) said, is that the Cuban political system is not up for negotiation and, of course, neither the president nor the position of any official in Cuba is up for ne…
‘Not up for negotiation’: Cuba refuses to discuss political system or presidency with US
Cuba on Friday firmly rejected suggestions that its political system or the term of its president could be subject to negotiation in talks with the US, after reports that Washington had sought to remove Cuban president from power
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