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             US, Cuba Working on 'Ambitious' Agenda to Further Ties

   by VOA News

   The Cuban foreign ministry's head of U.S. affairs says the two
   countries have a "very ambitious" agenda for progressing their thaw in
   relations during U.S. President Barack Obama's final months in office.

   Josefina Vidal said Monday after meeting with U.S. officials in Havana
   that the two sides are working toward cooperation on law enforcement,
   medicine and agriculture.

   Those meetings continue Tuesday with Cuban-born U.S. Deputy Homeland
   Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and officials from Cuba's
   Interior Ministry discussing countering drug traffickers, cybercrime,
   counterterrorism and illegal migration.

   The State Department said future sessions will involve human rights and
   settling financial claims.

   The U.S. and Cuba re-established diplomatic relations last July after
   54 years.  The relationship took another major step forward with
   Obama's visit to Cuba in March.

   Vidal said progress will be gradual, but that what is important is that
   normalization of relations has begun.  She also expressed hope that the
   whoever wins the U.S. presidential election in November will continue
   furthering ties with Cuba.
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