美古接近就恢復商業航班達成協議

U.S. and Cuban officials say they are nearing agreement on restoring regular commercial flights between the former Cold War foes after more than 50 years.

Delegations from both nations have been meeting in Washington since Monday to finalize the details of a deal they have been working on for several months.

Josefina Vidal, the director of North American affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, told reporters Wednesday in Havana the two sides have made progress on a memorandum of understanding, and are close to making a formal announcement.

A spokesman for the U.S. State Department confirmed that progress had been made, but said the teams were still negotiating.

Several major U.S. airlines have expressed interest in establishing regular flights to Cuba, including American Airlines, Delta, United and JetBlue.美國和古巴官員說，他們已經接近於就恢復美國和古巴之間定期商業航班業務達成協議。這兩個冷戰對手間的商業航班已經中斷了50多年。

兩國談判代表團從星期一開始在華盛頓舉行會談，以最後敲定協議細節。這項談判已經持續了好幾個月。

古巴外交部北美事務司司長維達爾星期三在哈瓦那對記者說，雙方就一項諒解備忘錄取得了進展，並已接近做出正式宣佈。

美國國務院發言人證實，會談取得了進展，但表示雙方代表還在繼續談判。

美國好幾家航空公司都已經對開設飛古巴的定期航班表示了興趣，包括美國航空公司、達美航空公司、美國聯合航空公司和捷藍航空公司。