However, the broadly positive context of this dialogue was weakened by the tensions which have been accumulating over the last few days around the Helms-Burton Act and the analogous laws on Libya and Iran currently being debated in the United States Congress.
Tuttavia, il quadro ampiamente positivo di questo dialogo risulta attenuato dalle tensioni che si stanno accumulando in questi giorni a proposito dell' Helms-Burton Act e dell' analoga normativa su Libia e Iran, attualmente in discussione al Congresso degli Stati Uniti.