Cuba vows to take part 'very constructively' in EU summit with Latin America, Caribbean

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa shake hands at the Belem Palace, in Lisbon, Portugal, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Miguel Pereira

LISBON (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel promised on Friday his country would take part "very constructively" in a European Union summit next week with Latin America and the Caribbean, just days after the EU's parliament called for sanctions against him.

Diaz-Canel met his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Friday and will also visit the country's parliament. He will then head to Brussels, which on Monday is hosting the first summit in eight years of the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).