WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is expected to reverse his predecessor Barack Obama 's Cuba policy by restricting the flow of money to the oppressive elements of the country's military, intelligence and security services and ensuring that the statutory ban on the tourism is strictly enforced, an officials said today.While a formal announcement in this regard would be made by Trump himself in Miami later in the day, officials at the White House said the reversal of Obama's Cuba policy was about meeting one of the US President's top campaign promise. "One key thing to note about the policy is that it directs the Secretary of the Treasury and Commerce to change their regulations on the topic. "The president has repeatedly said he was 'honoured and humbled' to have received that endorsement from these veterans, recognising that they were fighting to restore liberty and justice for the people of Cuba," the official said.During his address, Trump had vowed to reverse the Obama administration's policies toward Cuba that have enriched the Cuban military regime and increased the repression on the island. "It is a promise that President Trump made, and it's a promise that President Trump is keeping," the official asserted.Noting that it was readjustment of the US policy towards Cuba, the official said the new policy under the Trump administration will empower the Cuban people. "The president has tasked his cabinet to work together to find ways to improve what we considered President Obama's bad deal, and we're very excited about the result that the president will unveil tomorrow, and I think more details of that will be forthcoming," the official said.

Source: Economic Times June 16, 2017 16:30 UTC