Havana: Obama Move to Drop Cuba from Terror List 'Fair'
President Barack Obama's move on Tuesday to drop Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism was "fair," the foreign ministry in Havana said.
"The government of Cuba acknowledges the fair decision of the president of the United States to take Cuba off a list on which it should never have been included," said a statement signed by Cuba's top official for relations with Washington.
Obama on Tuesday notified Congress of his "intent to rescind" Cuba's inclusion on the black list, after a lengthy review launched late last year as Washington openly began a rapprochement with its Cold War foe.
U.S. lawmakers now have 45 days to oppose the move; otherwise, it will go ahead, removing a key hurdle to renewing U.S. diplomatic relations with the communist authorities in Cuba.
"As the Cuban government has reiterated on numerous occasions, Cuba rejects and condemns all acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as any action meant to instigate, support, finance or conceal terrorist acts," added the ministry statement, which was read out on Cuban television.
Cuba "has been the victim of hundreds of terrorist acts," it added.
Source: Agence France Presse
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