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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9619

11 March 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cuba
Further to positive meetings with Raùl Castro's ministers, Louis Michel feels time has come to normalise relations with Cuba

Brussels, 10/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Spurred on by the encouraging meetings he held during his visit to Havana from 7-9 March (EUROPE 9605), Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, believes that the time is right to normalise relations between the EU and Cuba, under its new president, Raul Castro.

Although he did not meet the new Cuban president, the commissioner held talks with Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque and the country's vice president,...

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