Obama And Castro To Give Public Statements On US-Cuba Relations

Cuba's President Raul Castro arrives for a parliamentary meeting in Havana, Cuba, Friday Dec. 23, 2011. Cuba's parliament is meeting in one of its twice-yearly, private sessions to get an update from Raul Castro on t... Cuba's President Raul Castro arrives for a parliamentary meeting in Havana, Cuba, Friday Dec. 23, 2011. Cuba's parliament is meeting in one of its twice-yearly, private sessions to get an update from Raul Castro on the island's economic situation, and possibly pass new laws. The assembly is gathering behind closed doors for what is expected to be a one-day plenary session. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina) MORE LESS
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President Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro will both give public statements at 12 p.m. ET after Cuba’s Wednesday release of U.S. prisoner Alan Gross.

The White House said that Obama would make his noon statement from the Cabinet Room. CNN reported that Castro would make a statement at the same time on “international relations with the United States.”

Gross was released by Cuba on Wednesday in a prisoner exchange, in which three Cubans imprisoned in the United States were also freed.

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