CIA Director Ratcliffe visits Havana to discuss ‘current scenario,’ Cuba says

CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana, Cuba, on Thursday to discuss the “current scenario,” Cuba’s government said.

In a Thursday statement, Cuba’s government said Ratcliffe arrived with a delegation as part of a “request” from Washington, which was approved. Ratcliffe met with his counterpart in Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior on Thursday, a meeting that was held “in a context characterized by the complexity of bilateral relations, in order to contribute to political dialogue between the two nations, as part of the efforts to address the current scenario,” the statement said.

“The elements provided by the Cuban side and the exchanges held with the U.S. delegation made it possible to categorically demonstrate that Cuba does not constitute a threat to the national security of the U.S., nor are there legitimate reasons to include it on the list of countries that, allegedly, sponsor terrorism,” the statement reads, referring to a long-running grievance from