Cuba to resume talks with Washington
Published:Monday | June 1, 2009 | 9:55 AM
Cuba has agreed to resume talks with Washington on immigration by Cubans to the US.
A top US official said Cuba had sent a diplomatic note accepting a recent US invitation to restart the talks.
According to BBC reports, the official said Cuba was also ready to cooperate with the US on direct mail services, as well as fighting terrorism and drug trafficking.
The talks were halted in 2003 after Havana refused to give exit permits to people who had been granted US visas.
The news comes ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Honduras for a meeting of the Organisation of American States, where Cuba\'s possible readmission is expected to be discussed.