Cuban Foreign Minister ratifies the island's willingness to maintain its political agreement with the EU

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez ratified Friday the island's willingness to maintain the political agreement with the European Union (EU) when he received the EU ambassador in Havana.

"I ratified the will to continue advancing in the implementation of the ADPC (Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement), a reference framework for our ties," Rodriguez said on Twitter.

In his message, the Cuban Foreign Minister published an image of the meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters with the EU diplomatic representative in Cuba, Isabel Brilhante, and added that both parties confirmed the "importance (that) we attach to Cuba-EU relations and potentialities exist in various fields."

Cuba and the European Union relaunched their relations in 2016 with the signing of the ADPC that put an end to 20 years of the so-called "common position." This conditioned the EU bloc's relations to progress in human rights and democracy in the Caribbean country.

The new agreement came into force provisionally in November 2017. It marked the end of the island's isolation as the only one in the region with which the EU did not yet have a bilateral pact.

Last year, Isabel Brilhante took up the post as the EU's top representative in Cuba. The Portuguese diplomat was appointed ambassador to replace Spain's Alberto Navarro, who remained in the position for four years.