Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

=== Europe ===

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| {{flag|European Union}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–European Union relations]]

[[European Union]] (EU) relations with Cuba are governed by the Common Position, as approved by the [[European Council of Ministers]] in 1996, which is updated every six months following regular evaluations. According to the Common Position "the objective of the European Union in its relations with Cuba is to encourage a process of transition to a pluralist democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as sustainable recovery and improvement in the living standards of the Cuban people". Cuba rejects the Common Position as interference in its internal affairs. There is an EU Delegation in Havana that works under the responsibility of the EC Delegation in [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]].

Cuba benefits from the GPS (Generalized Preference System) preferential treatment for its exports. Furthermore, Cuba does not benefit from the ACP-EU Sugar Protocol but from a sugar quota granted by the EU (some 59,000 tonnes per year; duty paid on this quota is EUR 98/t).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=cu&status=new |title=European Union – EEAS (European External Action Service) &#124; Countries / Territories |publisher=Ec.europa.eu |date=2010-06-21 |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019232940/http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=cu&status=new |archive-date=2006-10-19 }}</ref>
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| {{flag|Belgium}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

During Spanish Governor-general period, Cuba was offered for sale in 1837.<ref>{{cite journal | s2cid=222514899 | doi=10.1215/00182168-39.3.413 | title=Belgium and the Prospective Sale of Cuba in 1837 | year=1959 | last1=Gooch | first1=Brison D. | journal=Hispanic American Historical Review | volume=39 | issue=3 | pages=413–427 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Belgium has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Brussels]].
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| {{flag|France}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–France relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/francia| title = Embassy of Cuba in France| date = 18 August 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 13 August 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180813094612/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/francia| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* France has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cu.ambafrance.org/|title=La France à Cuba|website=cu.ambafrance.org}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Greece}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Greece relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Athens]].
* Greece has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Holy See}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Holy See relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in Rome accredited to the Holy See.
* Holy See has an apostolic nunciature in Havana.
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| {{flag|Ireland}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/irlanda| title = Embassy of Cuba in Ireland| date = 11 April 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105321/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/irlanda| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Ireland is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/mexico/|title=Mexico - Department of Foreign Affairs|first=Department of Foreign|last=Affairs|website=www.dfa.ie}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Italy}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |title=Embassy of Cuba in Italy |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104658/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Italy has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |title=Embassy of Italy in Havana |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105514/http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
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| {{flag|Poland}} || <!-- Date started -->1933||See [[Cuba–Poland relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].
* Poland has an embassy in Havana. 
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| {{flag|Russia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Russia relations]]

Relations between the two countries suffered somewhat during the [[Boris Yeltsin]] administration, as Cuba was forced to look for new major allies, such as China, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Relations improved when [[Vladimir Putin]] was elected as the new Russian President. Putin, and later [[Dmitry Medvedev]], emphasized re-establishing strong relations with old Soviet allies. In 2008, Medvedev visited Havana and [[Raúl Castro]] made a week-long trip to Moscow. In that same year the two governments signed multiple economic agreements and Russia sent tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba. Cuba, meanwhile, gave staunch political support for Russia during the [[2008 South Ossetia war]]. Relations between the two nations are currently at a post-Soviet high, and talks about potentially re-establishing a Russian military presence in Cuba are even beginning to surface.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Serbia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Serbia relations]]

Cuba and [[Serbia]] have a long history of diplomatic relations from the period of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] when both countries were members of [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. Cuba supports Serbia in its [[Serbia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|stance]] towards [[Kosovo]] considering [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Kosovo's independence]] an illegitimate act and a violation of [[international law]] and principles of the [[United Nations Charter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Srpski/Foreinframe.htm |title=Spoljna politika |publisher=Mfa.gov.rs |access-date=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617213259/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Srpski/Foreinframe.htm |archive-date=2012-06-17 }}</ref> Serbia supports Cuba at the [[United Nations]] in condemning the [[United States embargo against Cuba|United States embargo]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Beta |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.69.html:270736-Dobri-odnosi-Kube-i-Srbije |title=Dobri odnosi Kube i Srbije &#124; Aktuelno |publisher=Novosti.rs |date=2012-03-20 |access-date=2012-07-26}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].
* Serbia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Spain}} || <!-- Date started -->1899 || See [[Cuba–Spain relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Madrid]] with consulates-general in [[Barcelona]], [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], [[Santiago de Compostela]] and [[Seville]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/espana| title = Embassy of Cuba in Spain| date = 22 April 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 15 September 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915230323/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/espana| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahabana/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|title=Páginas - Embajada de España en Cuba|website=www.exteriores.gob.es|access-date=2017-08-11|archive-date=2017-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104528/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahabana/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||20 May 1902|| See [[Cuba–United Kingdom relations]]

Cuba established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 20 May 1902.<ref name="britain"/>
*Cuba maintains an [[Embassy of Cuba, London|embassy]] in London.
* United Kingdom is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in [[Havana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-havana|title=British Embassy Havana|website=GOV.UK|access-date=3 April 2024|archive-date=13 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213190815/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-havana|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/1154/cuba---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|title=Cuba - United Kingdom BIT (1995)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220225738/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/1154/cuba---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rutley|first=David|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-minister-visits-cuba-to-agree-new-cooperation-agreement|title=UK Minister visits Cuba to agree new cooperation agreement|date=21 November 2023|website=GOV.UK|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-date=21 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121204344/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-minister-visits-cuba-to-agree-new-cooperation-agreement|url-status=live}}</ref>
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