July 02, 2015
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Pakistan welcomes restoration of US-Cuba diplomatic ties: Sartaj
INPISLAMABAD - Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has welcomed the announcement made by the governments of the United States and the Republic of Cuba to re-open embassies.
He said it would help promote friendly relations between the two cold-war rivals and their people. "Pakistan had welcomed the momentous announcement by the two countries in December last year to re-establish diplomatic relations," he noted.
Being on friendly terms with of both countries, Pakistan believes that further steps towards full normalisation of relations will also promote the cause of peace and harmony in the region, he added. Sartaj Aziz wished both governments success as they moved forward in this direction.
It may be mentioned here that diplomatic relations between the two countries were terminated in 1961. Yesterday, a short ceremony at the Cuban Foreign Ministry ended the 54-year tensions that began during the Eisenhower administration. Jeffrey De Laurentis, the chief of mission at the US Interests Section, had delivered the note.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk