Havana, March 21 (RHC)-- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met Monday morning in Havana with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, who is here in Havana as part of the accompanying delegation of U.S. President Barack Obama.

In statements to the press, Secretary Kerry expressed satisfaction with being able to accompany President Obama on this historic visit here.

Rodríguez and Kerry met for the first time on July 20th, 2015 in the United States, when the two countries re-established diplomatic relations and the Cuban embassy was reopened in the U.S. capital.

The two diplomats met again here in Havana on August 14th, 2015 for the official reopening of the U.S. embassy here in Havana. On that occasion, the two top diplomats offered a joint press conference.

Recently, on March 5th, Bruno and Kerry spoke on the phone about Obama's visit here –the first by an acting U.S. president to Cuba in nearly 90 years.