US and Cuba restore diplomatic ties

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WASHINGTON:

The United States and Cuba established diplomatic relations on Wednesday, claiming to reopen diplomatic missions in each other’s capital on July 20, according to a statement by the White House.

Earlier in Havana, a US diplomat had delivered a note from President Obama to Cuban President Castro, restoring diplomatic ties.

The short ceremony at the Cuban Foreign Ministry ended 54 years of tensions that began during the Eisenhower administration. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the chief of mission at the US Interests Section, delivered the note.

“The United States and the Republic of Cuba have decided to re-establish diplomatic relations and permanent missions in our respective countries on July 20, 2015,” President Obama wrote in the letter.

The White House received a similar letter from the Cuban president, saying: “We want to develop friendship between our two nations that is based on the equality of rights and the people’s free will.”

 

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  1. […] WASHINGTON: The United States and Cuba established diplomatic relations on Wednesday, claiming to reopen diplomatic missions in each other’s capital on July 20, according to a statement by the White House. Earlier in Havana, a US diplomat had delivered a note from President Obama to Cuban President Castro, restoring diplomatic ties. The short ceremony at the Cuban Foreign Ministry ended 54 years of tensions that began during the Eisenhower administration. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the chief of mission at the US Interests Section, delivered the note. “The United States and the Republic of Cuba have decided to re-establish diplomatic relations and permanent missions in our respective countries on July 20, 2015,” President Obama wrote in the letter. The White House received a similar letter from the Cuban president, saying: “We want to develop friendship between our two nations that is based on the equality of rights and the people’s free will.” …read more […]

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