00:01We are going to begin with the first question, President of Prensa Latina.
00:18We just saw minutes ago an address from you in the Cuban television,
00:26which is the talks with the U.S. government.
00:30And you just announced that a group of exchanges have begun.
00:35My question will be, since this has been announced, that there are exchanges,
00:41is we are talking about a process of dialogue sustained that will be held,
00:46which are the topics of that talk agenda in that sense,
00:55and the principles for that dialogue with the U.S. government.
00:59Interesting question is the information to which the Cuban population are working today,
01:09on which we will continue to brief more details.
01:15But I think it's very important.
01:16First,
01:23is that we are reporting at the moment, the moment that we are right now in that process.
01:29Because on that process, there has been a lot of speculation.
01:36And we have, as always, it's been a practice of leadership of the revolution.
01:41We will not answer to campaigns that seek for manipulation and speculation.
01:45And we always report exactly the moments in which we are.
01:51These are processes that are done with a lot of discretion, long processes,
01:56that we must launch them, establishing contacts, that there are possibilities of channels for dialogue,
02:03and there is a will for dialogue.
02:04And that takes time.
02:06And from that, we are building agendas.
02:09We are building, we begin negotiations, and we reach, we could reach agreement.
02:13That's not happened yet, because we are just in the initial phase of that process.
02:19And I think that the answer is precisely what we explained, what we explained yesterday in a meeting.
02:26With the political bureau, and the secretary of the party, and the executive committee,
02:31where we evaluated, assessed the current state of relations between Cuba and the United States.
02:37And then, as a conclusion, we reported what today we saw on the news.
02:42And there we have the answer to these elements that we have said.
02:47Therefore, I will ratify this.
02:49In correspondence with the consistent policy of the Cuban revolution,
02:57under the leadership of the army general as historical leader of our revolution,
03:03and mind, and in a consensus with the main authorities of the party,
03:10the government and Cuban states, Cuban officials, held recently talks with representatives of the U.S. government,
03:21to find through dialogue the possible solution to the bilateral differences that exist between both nations.
03:33These exchanges have been favored by international actors.
03:39And always that we have been in tense situations with U.S. relationships.
03:44There's always efforts to seek channels of dialogue, to seek conversation.
03:48It's not the first time that Cuba comes in a conversation with this type.
03:53I think the most recent example was the way in which the army general, Raul,
03:58carried out the conversations with President Obama in a very recent stage.
04:03We know the results that came from those negotiations.
04:07Well, now, a group of international actors also favor the development of these exchanges.
04:15What are the purposes that we are seeking with these talks?
04:20The purposes that we have set forth?
04:23Well, firstly, to determine what are the bilateral issues that need to be resolved.
04:30In second place, what will be the ways to resolve those issues?
04:36And thirdly, to determine if there is a will to
04:45to fulfill actions in benefit of our peoples.
04:50This implies that we need to find areas of cooperation
04:55through which we can face the threats and guarantee security and peace
05:00from both countries and also guarantee security and peace in our region.
05:07As I was explaining before, it has not been and will not be a practice of the revolution
05:15to respond to misinformation campaigns.
05:19This is an issue that is very sensible that is tackled with the corresponding discretion,
05:26with sensibility, and we must act with responsibility and with a lot of seriousness,
05:30because it's an issue that impacts the bilateral links.
05:37Bilateral links, and above this, it carries an important effort
05:45to be able to achieve, to be able to move forward in solutions,
05:50for which we must also find the construction of spaces for understanding
05:56that allow us to move forward with the process and also to get away from confrontation.
06:04In those exchanges, we have expressed our will to continue the process
06:11under the principles of equality and respect for the political systems of both countries,
06:23to the self-determination to the peoples of both countries,
06:25but also taking into account the criteria of reciprocity and international law.
06:32That is the moment that we find ourselves right now in regards to the conversations
06:37and dialogues with the United States.
06:39Arrived
06:39With the United States
06:42Brams
06:42Distant
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