WASHINGTON, February 18. /TASS/. US President Barack Obama confirmed plans on Thursday to visit Cuba next month.
"Next month, I'll travel to Cuba to advance our progress and efforts that can improve the lives of the Cuban people," Obama tweeted.
Ben Rhodes, the president’s deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, said the historic trip will take place on March 21-22.
The last and only serving American president to visit Cuba was Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
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