The U.S. and Cuban presidents have spoken by phone for only the second time in
more than 50 years, US and Cuban sources said on Friday.
However, precisely, when Barack Obama and Raul Castro spoke has
remained unclear.
A White House official said in a statement that the two leaders
talked by telephone Wednesday before Obama left Washington to travel to
regional summits in Jamaica and Panama.
Jorge said in a social media account that the two men had a
telephone conversation “minutes before” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met
late Thursday with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in Panama.
Leganoa is a deputy director in Cuba’s state-run National
Information Agency,
Neither side shared details of the conversation. Obama and Castro
are set to meet officially for the first time at the Summit of the Americas in
Panama, taking place Friday and Saturday.
There have concerted efforts by the leaders of the two countries
to ensure the restoration of ties which was severed more than five decades ago.
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