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Cuba says it proposed talks on jailed American, no U.S. response [View all]
Source: Reuters
Cuba says it proposed talks on jailed American, no U.S. response
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA | Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:28pm EDT
(Reuters) - Cuba has proposed talks with the United States about resolving the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, but has received no response, indicating a lack of interest by Washington, a top Cuban diplomat said on Monday.
Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal said at a press conference that Cuba had proposed discussions "as a first step for the development of a process ... toward finding a solution to the case of Mr. Alan Gross."
Gross, 63, has been jailed since December 2009 and is serving a 15-year sentence for illegally setting up Internet networks in Cuba under a U.S. program that promotes political change on the communist island.
The Cuban government views the program as subversive.
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By Jeff Franks
HAVANA | Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:28pm EDT
(Reuters) - Cuba has proposed talks with the United States about resolving the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, but has received no response, indicating a lack of interest by Washington, a top Cuban diplomat said on Monday.
Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal said at a press conference that Cuba had proposed discussions "as a first step for the development of a process ... toward finding a solution to the case of Mr. Alan Gross."
Gross, 63, has been jailed since December 2009 and is serving a 15-year sentence for illegally setting up Internet networks in Cuba under a U.S. program that promotes political change on the communist island.
The Cuban government views the program as subversive.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/17/us-cuba-contractor-idUSBRE88G1HK20120917
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