(PARIS) - Cuba called on the European Union Thursday to drop its "obsolete" stance toward the island-nation, saying it amounted to meddling in its internal affairs.

"The (EU) common position must change because it amounts to interference and is obsolete," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez following talks in Paris with his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos.

The Paris talks were held ahead of a meeting Monday in Luxembourg of EU foreign ministers who are to decide whether they want to change their so-called common position toward Cuba.

Havana has long objected to the European Union's insistence.

Moratinos, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, described the meeting with the Cuban foreign minister as "constructive, positive even though there continue to be some differences."

Madrid wants to negotiate a EU-Cuba cooperation agreement.