EU should give a sign to Cuba, says new Spain FM

HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 25 — The European Union (EU) should give a sign to the Cuban government about its will to establish a new relationship with the island, even if it maintains the Common Position in force since 1996, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez affirmed in statements to the press in Luxembourg, where this regional bloc’s ties with the Caribbean island nation will be assessed. Jiménez was of the opinion that this gesture by the EU could strengthen the present reforms in the socialist system nation, reported IPS.