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• 05 / 14 / 2009

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EU Aid Commissioner Louis Michel called instead for more dialogue with the Caribbean island and diplomats said the Union was unlikely to revert to sanctions next month when it reviews the decision to lift them.  

"Our views did converge on the issues of climate change and U.N. reform; they did not in the area of human rights," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout said after EU officials held talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.  

Kohout said the talks had been "a real dialogue, not just two monologues."  

The 27 EU member states agreed last June to scrap sanctions on Cuba to try to encourage democratic reforms, but decided to review the decision annually.

(Reuters)