By Euronews
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MEPs have backed an EU deal to cooperate more closely with Cuba.
MEPs have backed an EU deal to cooperate more closely with Cuba.
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The agreement envisages closer economic ties, but some parliamentarians raised concerns about the government’s human rights record.
It comes as US president Donald Trump is taking a tough line on the communist ruled country.
The vote in the Strasbourg, France, legislature was 567-65 in favor of the deal, with 31 abstentions.
The non-binding resolution urged the EU to assist “the economic and political transition in Cuba” including towards “democratic standards”.