Spain, Mexico, and Brazil Call for Respectful US Dialogue with Cuba

TEHRAN (Defapres) - Al-Mayadeen reported that Spain, Mexico, and Brazil issued a joint statement calling on the US to engage in "respectful" dialogue with Cuba.

According to the report, the three countries stressed the need for diplomatic engagement between Washington and Havana.

The statement comes a day after a US diplomatic delegation recently met with Cuban officials in Havana.

The meeting, which follows the US administration's first direct consultations with Cuba since 2016, is part of a "new diplomatic pressure" aimed at bringing about fundamental changes in Cuba's economy and governance.

The AP reported that the meeting, which was attended by a senior State Department official and Raul Guillermo Rodríguez Castro (grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro), was a sign of Washington's "new diplomatic pressure" on Havana, according to a US State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The official stressed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was not part of the delegation.