US and Cuba Launch Historic Talks in Havana ,Cuba Wednesday Jan 21,2015

 

It was the first meeting in Havana since the momentous decision by US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro in December to seek normal ties after fifty years of hostility.

US acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, Edward Alex Lee (2ndL), and members of his delegation participate in the first day of closed-door talks between Cuba and the United State, at the Convention Palace in Havana

 

US and Cuban officials have claimed a productive first day in historic talks in Havana on Wednesday Jan 21,2015, despite disagreements over migration policies ahead of negotiations to restore diplomatic ties.

Each side described on Wednesday the first of two days of talks as constructive even though they remained deeply at odds over the exodus of Cubans to the United States.