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Mexico’s Senate Considers Free Trade Zone With Cuba Possible

© REUTERS / Enrique de la OsaCuban flags, raised to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the Young Communist League (UJC) and the 54th anniversary of the Jose Marti Pioneers Organization (OPJM), fly beside the United States Interests Section in Havana (USINT), in Havana April 5, 2015
Cuban flags, raised to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the Young Communist League (UJC) and the 54th anniversary of the Jose Marti Pioneers Organization (OPJM), fly beside the United States Interests Section in Havana (USINT), in Havana April 5, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Mexico's Senate has put forward a proposition to strengthen economic ties with Cuba.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Mexico's Senate has put forward a proposition to strengthen economic ties with Cuba with a view to create a free trade zone amid Cuba's improving relations with the United States.

According to a statement released by the Senate of the Republic on Tuesday and addressed to the country's president Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico could benefit from closer bilateral cooperation with Cuba as this would enable it to get access to various regional markets.

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In December, 2014, US President Barack Obama announced his intention to normalize US-Cuba relations, which hit rock bottom following the 1959 Cuban Revolution. The US president said he wanted to open an embassy in Havana and to ultimately lift the trade and travel embargo that Cuba has been subject to.

On Tuesday, Obama notified the US Congress that he intended to remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism (SST) list, where it was included in 1982.

Mexico has been maintaining broad ties with Cuba, despite the sanctions that the United States imposed against Havana in 1960.

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