US, Cuba resume migration talks after 6-year pause

[July 15, 2009]  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Cuba are renewing negotiations on the U.S.-Cuba Migration accords.

The State Department said department official Craig Kelly headed the U.S. delegation meeting Tuesday with Cuban negotiators in New York.

The talks' focus will be on promotion of safe, legal and orderly migration between the two countries.

The Obama administration proposed on May 22 to resume talks to implement the 15-year-old accords. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced May 31 that Cuba had agreed.

Former President George W. Bush suspended the talks after the last session in 2003.

[Associated Press]

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