An American official told AP that President Joe Biden is considering inviting a representative from Cuba to the Summit of the Americas.
“It is unclear whether Cuba would accept the invitation, the US official said, that it would be extended to someone in the Foreign Ministry to join as an observer, but not to the Foreign Minister himself, and not as a full participant,” he noted. AP.
And he noted that the US official declined to be identified when speaking about “sensitive deliberations.” And that a spokesman for the US National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment on whether he would be invited to Cuba.
Cuba at the Summit of the Americas
The Summit of the Americas is scheduled to begin in just over two weeks in Los Angeles.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, threatens not to attend the event since the United States ruled out inviting Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Regarding the Mexican president, AP highlighted that he “spent two hours on Zoom” talking with Chris Dodd, a former US senator from Connecticut chosen by Biden as a special adviser for the summit, this week.
