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Jan 3, 2009, 13:26 GMT

Raul Castro offers direct talks with Obama administration

Havana - Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday expressed his willingness to open direct talks with the incoming administration of US president-elect Barack Obama. 'We are ready to do it when they decide, directly, without intermediaries,' Castro said in an interview broadcast on state television. 'We are not in a hurry, we are not desperate,' he said. 'Isn't it amazing? With the Cuban temperament, we have learned to be patient. We have patience, and we have demonstrated it.' Castro said such a dialogue should occur 'in conditions of equality, without the slightest shadow over our sovereignty - peer to peer.' 'The era of unilateral gestures is over,' he said, adding that Cuba would not accept 'carrot-and-stick diplomacy.' 'That is past, it was a different stage,' he said. 'This is our position, and we will talk when they want to talk.'

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SP4: sureJan 5th, 2009 - 02:07:02

..send Mr. Ayers...after all, he'll be right at home...

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Humor MeJan 5th, 2009 - 08:53:22

Nah...send Obama, he has more foreign travel experience.

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