U.S. Relations With Cuba Still Years Away From Normal, Diplomat Says

Cuba - U.S. Relationship Still Years Away From 'Normal'
US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Cuban leader Raul Castro (2ndL) after delivering his speech during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Cuban leader Raul Castro (2ndL) after delivering his speech during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

HAVANA The normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States could take years and will not be resolved during the presidency of Barack Obama, a long-time head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington told the Communist Party daily Granma.

"Some progress is being made" in achieving a rapprochement, Ramón Sánchez Parodi said in an interview published Friday. "The political times favor the elimination of the (U.S. economic) embargo...(but)...it's not going to happen with Obama."

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