• Submitted by: Juana
• Havana
• United States
• Politics and Government
• 05 / 20 / 2015

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United States admitted today that there will not be a "full" normalization of relations with Cuba until the end of the commercial embargo on the island, something that can only be "long-term" resolved, and hoped that the last obstacles to open embassies to be removed during the round of negotiations this week.
A senior US official, who requested anonymity, spoke with reporters today about the perspectives for the fourth round of talks between the US and Cuba, to be held on Thursday in Washington DC. She stressed that "the restoration of diplomatic relations is the first step", and then it comes "the appointment of ambassadors", and recalled that President Barack Obama has asked Congress to lift the embargo on Cuba.
The official confirmed that May 29 is the deadline for Congress to vote on Obama’s decision to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. "As far as I know, there is no effort in Congress to block the removal of Cuba from that list", she said.
The source also considered that it was “very useful" Obama and Castro’s meeting in Panama during the Summit of the Americas in April, although she said the United States was "prepared" to hold another negotiating round right after the meeting and Cuba "was not necessarily as fast."

source: www.cibercuba.com