Diplomatic Ties With Rest of Europe Restored
From Times Wire Reports
Cuba said it had resumed formal ties with all of Europe, ending a freeze after Havana’s 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said official contacts had resumed with the Havana-based ambassadors of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and the Netherlands, as well as with the European Union mission.
Ties with some countries resumed earlier.
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