Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos was in Cuba Sunday ahead of talks with Cuban authorities on bilateral ties and relations with the European Union. In the first half of 2010, Spain will preside over the European Union; it is expected to prod efforts to improve relations with its former colony Cuba, the Americas' only communist regime. Moratinos, who arrived Saturday, was touring colonial Old Havana on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Cardinal Jaime Ortega. Monday Moratinos was officially scheduled to meet with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez and open an office to facilitate cooperation. A meeting President Raul Castro has not been ruled out, diplomatic sources said. Analysts have said that when Spain takes the leadership of the European Union, it may take the opportunity to end the joint EU diplomatic position dating back to 1996, under which the EU regularly urges Havana to move toward political and economic opening, even as the EU offers 'cooperation' aid funds. Some EU members, however, are firmly in favor of requiring some diplomatic or political gesture from Havana as a condition for aid. 