Stranded Cuban migrants granted passage to United StatesDecember 29, 2015 - 10:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Central American nations have reached an agreement to allow several thousand Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica for over a month to continue their journey towards the United States, BBC News reports. The migrants will be airlifted to El Salvador and put on buses, which will take them to the U.S. American legislation gives Cuban migrants preferential treatment. If they arrive at the U.S. border by land they are allowed to enter the country and apply for residency. Those who are intercepted at sea are sent back, under the special immigration policy known as "wet foot, dry foot." Many Cuban migrants fear that the thaw in relations between Washington and Havana may put an end to the preferential treatment given to them. "We have agreed to make the first humanitarian transfer in January," said foreign ministers from the Sica regional group and Mexico. They met in Guatemala City to try to find a solution to the crisis. Cuba did not attend the meeting, but said it expected "a quick and adequate solution" from the nations involved. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |