It's "not part of a push for increased talks with Havana"?

"Advocates for trade with Cuba on Monday promised to boost efforts to open markets as a senior U.S. State Department official met with Cuba's top diplomat. Administration officials insisted the meeting between Thomas Shannon, assistant secretary of state for hemispheric affairs, and Jorge Bolaños, the chief of Cuba's Interests Section in Washington, was not part of a push for increased talks with Havana, even though President Barack Obama's recent overtures to Havana were expected to be discussed."

http://www.miamiherald.com/581/story/1021057.html

We're having "meetings", not "increased talks"?

I don't see the difference.