Barack Obama and Raul Castro seek to set aside hostilities at summit

US president Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro have talked by telephone about restoring diplomatic ties and will meet informally at a summit this weekend as they seek to set aside decades of hostility between two Cold War enemies.

Barack Obama and Raul Castro seek to set aside hostilities at summit

The historic rapprochement is set to dominate the Summit of the Americas in Panama, less than four months after a landmark announcement by Obama and Castro that they would seek to improve relations and boost trade and travel.

The two leaders spoke by phone on Wednesday before Obama left Washington and discussed the process of resuming formal diplomatic relations and opening embassies, the White House said.

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