British MP urges more EU dialogue with Cuba
Deputy speaker of Britain's House of Commons and Labour MP Sylvia Heal called on Tuesday for improved European relations with Cuba that were upset by human rights concerns in 2003."We hope that the European Union will continue to work with the Cuban government so that there will be improvement in some things that have been a little difficult," Heal told Reuters during a four-day visit to Havana. She urged Brussels to build on common ground with Havana.
"That's the important thing, that we maintain a dialogue," she said before a lunch meeting with Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly and a top aide to ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
A crackdown on dissent ordered by Castro in March 2003 led the EU to shun high-level talks with Cuban officials and invite dissidents to national day parties at its embassies in Havana.
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