U.S.-Cuba Migration Talks Move Forward

U.S.-Cuba Migration Talks Move Forward
The capitol building of Cuba in Old Havana, which has been unused since the revolution, is currently closed to tourists for renovations, April 9, 2012. (Maria Recio/MCT via Getty Images)
The capitol building of Cuba in Old Havana, which has been unused since the revolution, is currently closed to tourists for renovations, April 9, 2012. (Maria Recio/MCT via Getty Images)

U.S. and Cuban government officials will meet in Havana on Wednesday for the second round of migration talks since the Obama administration resumed the contacts in July, according to well informed sources.

The U.S. State Department had no immediate comment but last summer said the talks do not represent a change in U.S. policy toward the island and are consistent with Washington’s efforts to ensure safe migration between the two nations.

President George W. Bush suspended the migration talks, held twice a year since 1995, in 2003. The Obama administration resumed them in 2009 but suspended them again after Cuba arrested U.S. government contractor Alan P. Gross on Dec. 3, 2009.

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