Former US President Jimmy Carter met Cuban President Raul Castro

Former US President Jimmy Carter is in Cuba for a three-day visit. Former US President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Raul Castro discussed U.S.-Cuba relations in a meeting.

Jimmy Carter, 86, is on his second diplomatic trip to the communist-led island following a groundbreaking 2002 visit.

The Cuban television report said Carter and Castro spoke about the “international situation, the situation in Cuba and the United States and relations between the two nations.”

It said Castro “reiterated Cuba’s disposition to dialogue with the North American government over any topic, but on equal terms, without conditions and with absolute respect for our independence and sovereignty.”

Castro, who succeeded his older brother, Fidel, as president three years ago, has made the same offer at various times, but Washington has not taken him up on it.

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