The official, a high-ranking member of Cuba’s foreign ministry, spoke to CNN and a handful of other media on condition of anonymity.
A U.S. delegation arriving in Havana on Wednesday will first discuss migration accords and then begin negotiations on repairing five decades of strained relations that are expected to lead with the restoration of embassies in Washington and Havana.
The talks are set to conclude on Thursday. Most likely additional discussions would take place in Washington and Havana.
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In a twist worthy of a spy thriller, a Russian intelligence-gathering ship on Tuesday arrived in Havana, docking in plain view in the city’s port.
The Viktor Leonov, a Vishnya class intelligence ship, visited Cuba twice in 2014, apparently to conduct electronic eavesdropping on the United States.
The county’s state-run media made no mention of the ship’s return Tuesday, but the Cuban official said any navy was welcome to dock on the island as long as it had “peaceful intentions.”
