U.S. President Barack Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, news outlets reported Tuesday afternoon.

The news came after a much-anticipated meeting between Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro during last weekend’s Summit of the Americas meeting in Panama, the first such formal session between leaders of the two countries in more than 50 years. 

Cuba has been on the U.S. blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism—a designation shared only by Iran, Sudan, and Syria—for more than 30 years. Obama ordered a review of the nation’s status in December, as he and Castro agreed to move toward normal relations.

As the New York Times explains: “Cuba’s place on the list has long snarled its access to financial markets and, more recently, emerged as a sticking point in negotiations to reopen embassies that have officially been closed for five decades.”

And Keith Bolender, freelance journalist and author of Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba, noted on Monday that Cuba’s inclusion on the list “has long been opposed by the Castro government for its hypocrisy based on the long history of terrorism the United States has supported against Cuba.”