"India, which enjoys excellent relations with the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, welcomes the decision by both the countries to re-establish diplomatic relations," Official Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry, Syed Akbaruddin, said.
In a historic decision, President Barack Obama yesterday in a television address to the country announced a series of steps aimed at normalising relations with communist-ruled Cuba, with which the US had severed diplomatic ties decades ago, imposing a series of sanctions on its island neighbour.