(170110) -- HAVANA, Jan. 10, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Eduardo Rodriguez (R), Cuba's deputy Transportation Minister shakes hands with Jeffrey De Laurentis, charge d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Cuba, after signing a bilateral cooperation agreement in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 9, 2017. Cuba and the United States on Monday signed an agreement to cooperate to clean up and contain future oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)(gj)more(170110) -- HAVANA, Jan. 10, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Eduardo Rodriguez, Cuba's deputy Transportation Minister, delivers a speech after signing a bilateral cooperation agreement in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 9, 2017. Cuba and the United States on Monday signed an agreement to cooperate to clean up and contain future oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)(gj)more(170110) -- HAVANA, Jan. 10, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey De Laurentis, charge d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Cuba, delivers a speech after signing a bilateral cooperation agreement in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 9, 2017. Cuba and the United States on Monday signed an agreement to cooperate to clean up and contain future oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)(gj)more