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Harper shakes Castro’s hand at Summit of the Americas
– macleans.ca
PANAMA CITY – Stephen Harper shook hands Saturday with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas, sending further signals of a change of heart between the prime minister and the communist nation.
The two men exchanged a very brief greeting as they took their positions for a group leaders’ photo at the hemispheric summit in Panama.
Minutes earlier Harper made reference to Cuba in his remarks to the gathering, going off his prepared text.
“We also are pleased that all the countries of the hemisphere are represented here and also of Canada’s role in facilitating the American-Cuban dialogue that has allowed this to happen,” Harper said, in a reference to the broker role Canada played in helping the U.S. and Cuba agree to move toward normalizing relations.
It’s a different approach than the one Harper has taken with Cuba in the past.
Harper initially opposed inviting Cuba to this year’s summit because it was not a democracy and he has had strong words about the Cuban regime…
The two men exchanged a very brief greeting as they took their positions for a group leaders’ photo at the hemispheric summit in Panama.
Minutes earlier Harper made reference to Cuba in his remarks to the gathering, going off his prepared text.
“We also are pleased that all the countries of the hemisphere are represented here and also of Canada’s role in facilitating the American-Cuban dialogue that has allowed this to happen,” Harper said, in a reference to the broker role Canada played in helping the U.S. and Cuba agree to move toward normalizing relations.
It’s a different approach than the one Harper has taken with Cuba in the past.
Harper initially opposed inviting Cuba to this year’s summit because it was not a democracy and he has had strong words about the Cuban regime…
