WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States and Cuba are expected to announce plans to officially open embassies in Havana and Washington on Wednesday.
“We will formally announce tomorrow that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations and open embassies in each other’s capitals,” one senior U.S. administration official told CNN. “We expect President Obama and Secretary Kerry to address this publicly tomorrow morning.”
This is supposed to be the final step in the thaw between the two countries, a process that was initiated by the Obama administration back in December.
Since then, both countries have loosened travel restrictions and developed some economic ties.
WREG reported back in April as President Obama met with Raul Castro during a meeting in Panama.
It was a historic occasion as it was the first time in 50 years leaders from the two countries met to talk.
Almost two months later, the White House officially announced it would be removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror.
CNN reported the American embassy would most likely be housed in the same structure that housed the embassy prior to the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s.
