Spain FM on EU-Cuba Relations

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 2 — The objective of the European Union (EU) is to achieve a simplified cooperation agreement with Cuba, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez affirmed in an interview given to Televisión Española. The island’s authorities, meanwhile, have rejected any rapprochement to the 27 if the Common Position is not repealed, a policy in force since 1996 that subordinates bilateral relations to political reforms in the Caribbean island nation, reported IPS.