There is zero doubt in my mind that they meet all the qualifications for being a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said.

President Joe Biden is removing Cuba from a U.S. government list of state sponsors of terrorism on Tuesday. That move, and a number of other conciliatory actions, are being taken in the hope of securing the release of political prisoners on the island,

The Biden administration said it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails.