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Obama’s letter handed to the acting Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina Cuban high-ranking diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the chief US representative in Cuba (Interest Section – ed.).

The US president confirmed in the letter that “a decision was made to re-establishing diplomatic relations and opening of the permanent diplomatic representations in both countries.”

Open after 54 Between

The reopening of the embassy, ​​closed in 1961 after rupture of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US, will be the most concrete evidence of rapprochement between the two countries since the 2014 years in December, Obama announced return in the ongoing for over half a century policy of isolation of the island.

Over the last six months, negotiators of the two countries conducted negotiations ws. the actions necessary to open embassies in Havana and Washington. One of the biggest obstacles was defeated when President Obama announced in mid-April that will remove Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

Barack Obama speech today decided to renew diplomatic relations with Cuba.

$ 6 million embassy in Havana

The US State Department reported that needs more than $ 6 million to re-open embassies in Havana. Part of the parliamentarians, especially from the Republican Party opposed the US rapprochement with Cuba, trying to deny these measures.

12 specified destinations

As part of the move away from a policy of isolating Havana in the US earlier this year entered into force on various facilitation in dealing with Cuba. Loosened some restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba for people going to the island in one of the 12 specific objectives (eg to visit family, conduct business, scientific research, as well as for journalistic purposes, religious or artistic, sporting and humanitarian) .

Such persons do not need before going to the island to try to, as before, a special permission from the government, but other Americans still valid embargo. As long as Congress does not agree to be abolished, most American tourists will not be able to travel freely to Cuba.

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