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Cuban president lauds US’ plans to lift his country’s designation as sponsor of terrorism

15 January 2025 07:08 (UTC +04:00)

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that the US administration’s intention to remove his country from its list of states sponsoring terrorism is a step in the right direction, albeit a belated one, APA reports citing ABC.

"I am grateful to all who contributed to the US making the decision publicized today (January 14 - TASS) to exclude Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism where it should have never been," he wrote on the X social network.

"This is the move in the right direction albeit a belated one and with a limited scope," the Cuban president said, noting that the trade and economic blockade and other measures are still in place.

On Tuesday, a high-ranking US official said at a briefing in Washington that the US President Joe Biden administration will remove Cuba from the list of states sponsoring terrorism.