Yahoo – AFP,
12 April 2014
Havana (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived Saturday in Havana for a brief visit aimed at strengthening ties, as Cuba begins talks with the European Union on normalizing relations.
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France's
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) participates in a wreath-laying
ceremony at
the Jose Marti monument at Revolution Square, Havana, on April 12,
2014 (AFP
Photo/Yamil Lage)
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Havana (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived Saturday in Havana for a brief visit aimed at strengthening ties, as Cuba begins talks with the European Union on normalizing relations.
"This
is the first time in 31 years that the head of French diplomacy is on an
official trip to Cuba," Fabius told reporters as he spoke of revitalizing
ties with the Americas' only communist nation.
"France
wants to strengthen its ties with all of South America and, in this context, we
wanted relations to be strengthened in particular with Cuba," Fabius added
as he was received by his counterpart at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
"Today
we note a favorable development -- and great potential -- in our bilateral
relations," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, as he pledged his
"willingness to continue to work on common goals" with France.
Coming from
Mexico, where he accompanied President Francois Hollande for a state visit,
Fabius was set next to meet the head of Cuba's Catholic church, Cardinal Jaime
Ortega, as well as representatives of French businesses in Cuba and a number of
civil society leaders.
He returns
to Paris this evening.
Cuba in
early March agreed to a proposal by the European Union for talks paving the way
to normalizing diplomatic relations, which turned frosty a decade ago over
Havana's human rights record.
Trade
between France and Cuba is modest, worth around $388 million (280 million
euros) a year, with the balance solidly in France's favor.
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Frans Timmermans (left) and Bruno Rodriguez signed
an agreement to engage in political consultations. Photograph:
Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
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Question (2005): Dear Kryon: I read in a spiritual article that Fidel Castro's mission is to show how to do things without money, that this is the reason why he and the tropical revolution have been kept alive. Is that true? If not, then why didn’t Cuba change when Eastern Europe changed? Has Fidel Castro been working for the light or is he a part of the old energy?
Answer: This leader is of the old energy, but was needed for the time. The real reason was to bring the Soviet Union close to your shores in order to help with the year 2000 Armageddon scenario that didn’t happen. His earthly masters would have played a very important part in Cuba with the nuclear war you didn’t have.
That’s the whole reason, and now he exists as a relic of what didn’t happen. His society is poor, and the culture is not elevated or pleased with itself. This energy will change soon… sooner than you think. Then you will see a Cuba that has been “hiding” for a very long time, and also realize the unbalance and cultural richness that has been there all along.
That’s the whole reason, and now he exists as a relic of what didn’t happen. His society is poor, and the culture is not elevated or pleased with itself. This energy will change soon… sooner than you think. Then you will see a Cuba that has been “hiding” for a very long time, and also realize the unbalance and cultural richness that has been there all along.
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