US, Cuba set agenda on future talks

Cuba and the United States on Friday set an agenda for improving relations, putting a priority on more easily attainable agreements while leaving aside difficult issues such as the US trade embargo and naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba said.

The two sides put a priority on environmental protection, natural disaster response, health, civil aviation and law enforcement issues such as drug trafficking, Cuban officials said.

A second, more difficult block of issues included human rights, people-trafficking, climate change and epidemics, Cuba said.