Cuban president says ‘dialogue and deals’ with US ‘possible’ but ‘difficult’

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Sunday that any possible agreements or discussions with the United States are “possible,” but “difficult,” amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

“I think we can have an approach in terms of what is possible and what is difficult. I think dialogue and deals with the U.S. government are possible, but they’re difficult,” Díaz-Canel told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press.”

“Cuba has always stood by its commitments, and the United States have not fulfilled its part of the deal,” he continued, adding that there is “a lot of distrust” with the U.S.

Díaz-Canel’s remarks follow months of tension between the U.S. and Cuba amid the former’s military operations in Venezuela and Iran, as well as what is effectively an oil blockade on the Caribbean island.

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