A delegation of the US National Security Council (NSC) visited Cuba to prepare the upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to this country, the NSC said in a statement, Sputnik reports.
On Sunday, Obama is expected to travel to Cuba for a two-day visit in the wake of his US-Cuba normalization policy. Obama will be the first sitting US president to go to Cuba since Calvin Coolidge, 88 years ago in 1928.
"The delegation, comprised of members of the National Security Council staff, arrived in Cuba on Thursday and departed on Friday. While there, they met with Cuban Government officials to discuss details of the President’s State Visit and to review the ongoing process of normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba".