Cuba has started releasing some prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Joe Biden’s administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

There is zero doubt in my mind that they meet all the qualifications for being a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said.

President Joe Biden is removing Cuba from a U.S. government list of state sponsors of terrorism on Tuesday. That move, and a number of other conciliatory actions, are being taken in the hope of securing the release of political prisoners on the island,