The US State Department says Cuba has agreed to resume negotiations over immigration and mail services between the two countries. A State Department official says Cuba notified Washington on Saturday that it had accepted a recent US overture to restart the talks.
![US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) receives a gift from Salvadorean children in traditional dress upon her arrival at El Salvador International Airport in Comalapa, some 45 kilometers south of San Salvador. Clinton began a visit to Central America Sunday, amid new US steps toward ties with Cuba that Washington hopes will slow a sudden regional push to end Havana's isolation. [Yuri Cortez/AFP]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090601/001ec94a1ee40b8db14801.jpg "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) receives a gift from Salvadorean children in traditional dress upon her arrival at El Salvador International Airport in Comalapa, some 45 kilometers south of San Salvador. Clinton began a visit to Central America Sunday, amid new US steps toward ties with Cuba that Washington hopes will slow a sudden regional push to end Havana's isolation. [Yuri Cortez/AFP]") |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) receives a gift from Salvadorean children in traditional dress upon her arrival at El Salvador International Airport in Comalapa, some 45 kilometers south of San Salvador. Clinton began a visit to Central America Sunday, amid new US steps toward ties with Cuba that Washington hopes will slow a sudden regional push to end Havana's isolation. [Yuri Cortez/AFP]
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Talks on immigration were suspended in 2004 while direct mail services have been suspended for decades.
(CCTV June 1, 2009)
