美國和古巴推動雙邊關係正常化
The Cuban foreign ministry's head of U.S. affairs says the two countries have a "very ambitious" agenda for progressing their thaw in relations during U.S. President Barack Obama's final months in office.
古巴外交部的美國事務主管維達爾說，古巴和美國爲在奧巴馬總統卸任之前改善雙邊關係制定了“非常具有雄心”的日程安排。
Josefina Vidal said Monday after meeting with U.S. officials in Havana that the two sides are working toward cooperation on law enforcement, medicine and agriculture.
維達爾星期一在哈瓦那會見美國官員後表示，雙方努力在執法、醫藥和農業等領域展開合作。
Those meetings continue Tuesday with Cuban-born U.S. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and officials from Cuba's Interior Ministry discussing countering drug traffickers, cybercrime, counterterrorism and illegal migration.
會談星期二繼續進行，出生於古巴的美國國土安全部副部長馬約卡斯和古巴內政部官員將討論打擊販毒、網絡犯罪、反恐以及非法移民等問題。
The State Department said future sessions will involve human rights and settling financial claims.
美國國務院說，雙方接下來還將討論人權和解決財務糾紛等問題。
Vidal said progress will be gradual, but that what is important is that normalization of relations has begun. She also expressed hope that whoever wins the U.S. presidential election in November will continue furthering ties with Cuba.
維達爾說，進展將是循序漸進的，重要的是兩國關係正常化進程已經啓動。她還表示，無論誰在今年11月贏得美國總統大選，都希望新總統繼續推動兩國關係向前發展。
