America
No decision on removing Cuba from terror sponsors list yet
Panama City, April 12
US President Barack
Obama said Saturday he has not yet decided on whether to remove Cuba
from State Sponsors of Terrorism List and that he has held "candid and
fruitful conversation" with Cuban leader Raul Castro on the sidelines of
a regional summit.
Obama, however, said Cuba is not a threat to
the US,"we are not in the business of regime change" and the Cold War on
Cuba is over, Xinhua reported.
The US State Department has
completed the review of Cuba's status and recommended the White House to
remove Cuba from State Sponsors of Terrorism List.
Obama vowed before to act quickly once he receives the department's recommendation, which has been handed to the White House.
Cuba
was added to the blacklist in 1982 and its presence has been a major
sticking point in the restoration of full diplomatic relations between
the two countries.
Their meeting on Saturday afternoon was the
first substantive face-to-face talks between the two leaders after they
announced starting the process of normalizing relations in December
2014.