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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9209

13 June 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cuba
EU-25 calls for political dialogue with Cuban authorities despite worsening human rights situation - towards medium and long-term strategy

Luxembourg, 12/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Meeting on Monday for the Council in Luxembourg, EU foreign affairs ministers decided to extend for a further twelve months (until June 2007), the suspension of diplomatic sanctions on Cuba, which the European Union has been imposing since June 2003, following a wave of arrests of opponents to the regime of Fidel Castro. At the same time, ministers reiterated the validity of the EU's common position on Cuba that goes back to 1996 and which calls for...

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