STRASBOURG, France.- The European Parliament ratified this Wednesday the Agreement on Political Dialogue and Cooperation between the European Union and Cuba, signed at the end of 2016, which promotes diplomatic and economic relations between the community bloc and the island.

The agreement put an end to the so-called Common Position adopted by the regional bloc in 1996, rejected by Havana for its unilateral, interventionist and discriminatory nature.

Cuban Chancellor Bruno Rodriguez and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini signed the Agreement on Political Dialogue and Cooperation on December 2016 in Brussels.

In the parliamentary debate of this Wednesday Mogherini remarked the text is not only a political dialogue but also a cooperation agreement opening up the possibility of working together in many sectors.