John Kerry, the first US Secretary of State to visit Cuba in over 70 years to re-opened the US embassy in Havana after over 50 years of closure.
Mr Kerry described the hoisting of the US flag as a “historic moment” speaking during the ceremony in Friday.
Speaking about democracy on live Cuban Television, Mr Kerry said,
“The people of Cuba would be best served by genuine democracy, where people are free to choose their leaders.”
Expressing the US administration’s desire to lift the trade embargo on the island, Mr Kerry added that US Congress will not lift the economic embargo is there is no movement on issues of freedom of conscience.
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