US, Cuba to meet in coming weeks on reopening embassies

PUBLISHED ON MAY 14, 2015 8:56 AM

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Cuba's president Raul Castro (left) speaking next to Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at Jose Marti airport in Havana on May 12, 2015. The US and Cuba will hold a new meeting in coming weeks in Washington on reopening embassies, the latest step in their historic rapprochement, Mr Rodriguez said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

HAVANA (AFP) - The United States and Cuba will hold a new meeting in coming weeks in Washington on reopening embassies, the latest step in their historic rapprochement, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Wednesday.

"In the coming weeks, there will be a new round of negotiations in Washington on reestablishing diplomatic relations and opening embassies," he told AFP in an exclusive interview.

The exact date has not yet been set, he said.

The two sides have held several rounds of talks since the landmark announcement by US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro on Dec 17 that the former Cold War foes would restore the full diplomatic ties they severed in 1961.