Official: US-Cuba talks on immigration to resume

Official: US-Cuba talks on immigration to resume

By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries, a State Department official said Sunday.

The communist government notified the U.S. on Saturday that it had accepted an administration overture made May 22 to restart the immigration talks, suspended by President George W. Bush after the last meeting in 2003. Cuba also expressed a willingness to cooperate with the U.S. on fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, and on hurricane disaster preparedness.

The official, who spoke to reporters just before Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton left on a trip to El Salvador and Honduras, said the Cuban response was a positive development and "clear signal" that the administration and the Havana government are willing to engage.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the time and place for the resumed talks have not been determined.

The State Department said earlier this month it had proposed restarting the discussions to "reaffirm both sides' commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration, to review trends in illegal Cuban migration to the United States and to improve operational relations with Cuba on migration issues."

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What has Cuba ever done to hurt the people of the US?

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