Bi-Lateral talks about settling claims for seized assets and embargo damages assets
U.S. and Cuban negotiators met in Havana to discuss, as Reuters reported, "the claims of Americans whose property was nationalized after the 1959 revolution and Cuban counterclaims for damages caused by the U.S. trade embargo."
After a day of negotiations, the Miami Herald noted, the talks concluded with an agreement to talk again next year. The Herald quotes a State Department official who said the meeting produced, "A very respectful and professional exchange," and a communique from Cuba's Foreign Ministry which said the discussions took place in "A respectful and professional climate."
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