古巴外交部的美国事务主管维达尔说，古巴和美国为在奥巴马总统卸任之前改善双边关系制定了“非常具有雄心”的日程安排。
维达尔星期一在哈瓦那会见美国官员后表示，双方努力在执法、医药和农业等领域展开合作。
会谈星期二继续进行，出生于古巴的美国国土安全部副部长马约卡斯和古巴内政部官员将讨论打击贩毒、网络犯罪、反恐以及非法移民等问题。
美国国务院说，双方接下来还将讨论人权和解决财务纠纷等问题。
维达尔说，进展将是循序渐进的，重要的是两国关系正常化进程已经启动。她还表示，无论谁在今年11月赢得美国总统大选，都希望新总统继续推动两国关系向前发展。
The Cuban foreign ministry’s head of U.S. affairs says the two countries have a “very ambitious” agenda for progressing their thaw in relations during U.S. President Barack Obama’s final months in office.
Josefina Vidal said Monday after meeting with U.S. officials in Havana that the two sides are working toward cooperation on law enforcement, medicine and agriculture.
Those meetings continue Tuesday with Cuban-born U.S. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and officials from Cuba’s Interior Ministry discussing countering drug traffickers, cybercrime, counterterrorism and illegal migration.
The State Department said future sessions will involve human rights and settling financial claims.
Vidal said progress will be gradual, but that what is important is that normalization of relations has begun. She also expressed hope that whoever wins the U.S. presidential election in November will continue furthering ties with Cuba.