Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Cuba restores sending postcards to United States

Havana .- Cuba restore from April 6 to send letters to U.S.. UU. to the "flexibility" of the postal security measures applied by Washington, while retaining the restrictions on packages weighing more than half a kilo, said Tuesday the company Correos de Cuba. In an official note released Tuesday indicated that the decision to restore the correspondence "responds to the relaxation of security measures announced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S..

UU. For all member countries Universal Postal Union (UPU). " However, "remains in effect until further notice, the restriction of sending parcels to the United States," the statement from the Post Office of Cuba. On 21 January, Cuba decided to cancel the postal items to the United States "until further notice", having been returned mail sent in previous weeks in that country by another as "outcome" of general changes in aviation security ready by U.S.

authorities. At that time, USA. UU. stated that it had imposed restrictions on mail from Cuba and said his new postal security measures are "applied to all countries of the world" since October 2010, after bomb intercepted two packages addressed to that country. Cuba and the United States have no diplomatic relations since 1961 and direct mail between the two countries was interrupted in 1963, a year after Washington imposed an economic and commercial embargo against Cuba.

Delegations from both governments met in September 2009 in Havana and held talks to discuss the resumption of direct mail service, and then agreed to give continuity.

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