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"Mr President, I would like to briefly congratulate and compliment the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who has made sterling efforts in recent times, especially to focus on the relationship between the EU and Cuba.
I think it is fair to say that we are now entering a new relationship with Cuba. We have been ahead of the United States of America since 2008, and I very much welcome, as the High Representative has said, the engagement by President Obama and his administration in opening up the relationship between the United States and Cuba. It is only through engagement that we can argue for our values, human rights and democracy. It is not by shutting people out or shutting the door of cooperation with Cuba.
I believe that this agreement has the potential, for us at least, to highlight those European values on the world stage. We should not forget the important trading links between Cuba and the EU; the EU remains Cuba’s main export partner. Each year, as we have engaged, our trade with Cuba has gone up exponentially, and I suspect that that will continue into the near future. We should also be proud of the fact that parts of our development aid programme and our expertise programme, especially for young Cuban students and for public officials, is something that we should be proud of."@en1
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