United States–Cuban Thaw

US President Barack Obama announced in Congress on Tuesday that he intends to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

This move will be an important step towards restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, which have been characterised by hostility in the past five decades.

President Barack Obama is set to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, in a landmark step paving the way towards restoring ties frozen for five decades.

As Latin American leaders applaud a historic thawing of animosity between the United States and Cuba, U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Raul Castro for talks on April 11 that could further boost his reputation in the region. 

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuba's foreign minister made progress as they held historic talks April 9 to restore diplomatic ties, a US official said before their presidents attend a landmark summit.

US and Cuban negotiators launch a second round of historic talks on Feb. 27 aimed at overcoming half a century of enmity and restoring full diplomatic ties.
      
After an initial meeting in Havana in January which ended with little apparent breakthrough, the teams were to meet at the State Department -- the hub of US global diplomacy.
      

Cuban officials sat down Jan. 22 with the highest-level US delegation to visit Havana in 35 years for landmark talks on reopening embassies and thawing long frozen ties.
      

The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks on Jan. 21 aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing relations between two adversaries who have been locked in Cold War-era hostilities.
   

The United States will ease travel and trade restrictions with Cuba on Jan. 15, implementing last month's agreement to begin normalizing ties with the Cold War-era foe.

Here are four reasons why President Barack Obama's decision last week to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba was a good idea.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes U.S.-Cuba thaw

BELGRADE -- Serbia "welcomes the historic U.S.-Cuba agreement on a humanitarian release of prisoners and opening a new chapter in the relations between the two countries."

The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued this statement on Friday.