HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 14 (acn) The chief of the Cuban Interest Section in Washington D.C., Jose Ramon Cabañas, gave Univisión 23 TV Channel statements on the opening of a Cuban embassy in the U.S. on July 20 and did not discard the possibility to open a consulate in South Florida.
In the first part of the interview with journalist Gloria Ordaz, aired on Monday, the Cuban diplomat said they have listened to the Cuban community in the U.S. who expressed their interest having consular services not only in Washington, Radio Havana Cuba reported on Monday.
Cabañas said such a decision would be taken by federal authorities upon a request of the Cuban government. "There are large groups of Cubans living in different regions of the U.S., the largest part of that population is located in South Florida, and most of them live in Miami Dade County," said the diplomat.
He added that no ambassador would be appointed to the new embassy for the time being, and the person in charge would be the charge d´ affaires. In the future, both the Cuban and US authorities would decide whom to appoint and then they would go into a process of approval.
Cabañas referred to the benefits implied by having an embassy in the United States in terms of access to different federal agencies and due to its meaning in the political arena. "If we are reestablishing diplomatic relations and reopening embassies, we are recognizing each other as states and equal."
In the second part of his interview, to be aired this week, Cabañas addressed the US-Cuba dialog on human rights, the price of Cuban passports, the democracy promotion programs sponsored by the US administration and the freedom of movement of the diplomats.
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