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The US State Division took Cuba off the listing of nations that aren’t totally cooperating with the US on counterterrorism efforts, a State Division official stated Wednesday.

A number of components contributed to Cuba’s change of standing. The US and Cuba resumed legislation enforcement cooperation in 2023, together with on counterterrorism, the official stated. Cuba additionally now not discovered itself refusing to interact with Colombia on extradition requests for Nationwide Liberation Military (ELN) members as a result of Colombia’s lawyer normal introduced that arrest warrants could be suspended.

Because of these modifications, “the Division decided that Cuba’s continued certification as a ‘not totally cooperating nation’ was now not applicable,” the official stated.

The State Division nonetheless contains North Korea, Iran, Syria and Venezuela on the listing of nations that aren’t cooperating on counterterrorism efforts.

Whereas the Cuban authorities celebrated the State Division’s resolution, it additionally known as for the US to take away the nation from one other listing that designates it as a sponsor of terrorism.

“The US has simply admitted what is understood to everybody: that Cuba collaborates totally with efforts in opposition to terrorism,” Cuban International Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla wrote on X. “All political manipulation of the difficulty ought to stop and our arbitrary and unjust inclusion on the listing of nations sponsoring terrorism ought to finish.”