#Cuba-Japan meeting hints at debt renegotiation

Hinting that debt renegotiations may be in the making, a Japanese foreign relations delegation meeting with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials in Havana Feb. 4 “recognized the existing potential to expand and diversify economic and trade links and cooperation between the two countries,” according to a Cuban press release.
During a visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in Dec. 2009, during the worst of Cuba’s cash crunch, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said the debt issue required “obvious improvement,” and said that Japan won’t increase trade and other cooperation until Cuba addresses debt problems.

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Japan meeting hints at debt renegotiation