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Cuba says 'no dialogue' underway with US

Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio gestures as he speaks during an interview with AFP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Havana on February 2, 2026.[AFP]

Cuba's government on Monday denied in an AFP interview that it was in talks with US President Donald Trump's administration on a deal to end Washington's pressure campaign on the communist island.

Deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said that while there was "communication" with Washington and the two countries had exchanged messages, "there is no dialogue specifically at this time."

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