The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, is to
visit Cuba this month in the latest sign of warming relations between
the Communist-ruled island and the West.
Mogherini, a former Italian foreign minister, will
visit Havana on March 23 to 24 to discuss developments in the country
and prospects for EU-Cuba cooperation, the EU said in a statement on Saturday.
She will be the most senior EU official to visit Cuba in recent years, and the trip comes as both the 28-nation EU and the United States have made diplomatic overtures to the island.
“Cuba is facing a very interesting period and the European Union is
keen to see how we can take the relationship forward with strong
momentum,” Mogherini said in a statement.
