WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Since 1903, the United States has had a lease on Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay, where the US naval base is located. Since the severing of US-Cuba relations in 1959, Cuba has demanded the return of Guantanamo Bay, calling the US control of the territory illegal.
"At the moment, there is no current discussion or plan to change the arrangement with respect to Guantanamo," Kerry said at a press conference in Havana.
Kerry told the press that while he cannot tell what issues will be addressed by the US and Cuban governments in the future, the issue of US possession of the Guantanamo Bay is "not on the table."
A US and Cuban delegation met in Havana on Friday to celebrate the normalization of relations between the two countries.
The United States and Cuba officially restored diplomatic ties on July 20, 2015, when they reopened embassies in Washington, DC and Havana.
