Published :Wednesday, 3 February, 2016, Time : 12:00 AM View Count : 17
PARIS, Feb 2 : French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for an end to US sanctions on Cuba during a historic visit to Paris by President Raul Castro, seen as a key step in rebuilding ties with the West. "President Obama... must, and he's said it himself, go all the way and bring an end to this vestige of the Cold War," Hollande said after meeting with the 84-year-old Cuban leader. Castro is on his first official trip to the European Union since taking over from his elder brother Fidel in 2006. France has led the way in welcoming Cuba back into the diplomatic fold since the Caribbean island restored relations last year with the United States, after more than half a century of enmity. The visit builds on Hollande's own state visit to Cuba last May, the first by a Western head of state in more than half a century. ?AFP