法国总统奥朗德星期一敦促美国结束对古巴长达50年的贸易禁运，同时保证法国将继续支持共产党国家古巴实行经济改革。
奥朗德星期一抵达哈瓦那。自古巴主席劳尔·卡斯特罗和美国总统奥巴马去年宣布将寻求结束两国之间的紧张状态以来，奥朗德是第一位访问古巴的西方国家领导人。
奥朗德在哈瓦那大学发表演讲时说，巴黎将尽力争取“那些妨害古巴发展的措施”最终得以取消。
奥朗德是首位访问古巴的法国国家元首。一个庞大的法国企业界领袖代表团随同奥朗德访问古巴，他们热切希望扩展法国与古巴的贸易关系。目前法古双边贸易额为四亿美元。
奥朗德与古巴官员签署了一系列双边贸易和教育协议。此外，奥朗德还分别会见了劳尔·卡斯特罗和他患病的哥哥菲德尔·卡斯特罗。奥朗德说，菲德尔·卡斯特罗是“一位创造历史的人”。
French President Francois Hollande urged the United States on Monday to end its five -decade long trade embargo on Cuba, while pledging his country's continued support as the communist nation reforms its economy.
Mr. Hollande arrived in Havana Monday, becoming the first Western leader to visit Cuba since President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama announced last
December that they would seek to end more than five decades of Cold War-related bitterness.
Speaking at the University of Havana, the French president said Paris will do what it can to see that "the measures that have damaged Cuba's development" can be finally be repealed. Mr. Hollande, who is also the first French head of state to visit Cuba,
was accompanied by a large delegation of French business leaders who are eager to expand the two nation's current $400 million trade relationship.
Mr. Hollande signed a series of bilateral trade and educational agreements with Cuban officials. He also met separately with Mr. Castro and his brother, ailing
revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who the French president described as "a man who made history."
