Brussels, 04/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Cuba is open to an immediate dialogue with the European Union and declares itself ready to sign the Cotonou Agreement (the new ACP/EU Agreement for development, implemented early, on 2 August), on condition that the Union holds back on certain political pressures and preconditions regarded as unacceptable by the Cuban authorities as never imposed on any other of the ACP candidate countries.
The is the main thrust of the message that President Fidel...