WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded the Biden administration's last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said.

The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump White House issued the designation.

Less than a week before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden is lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba.

President Joe Biden has notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

The White House will remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, part of a series of steps to ease US policy toward the communist country in a bid to secure the release of political prisoners.

In addition to removing Cuba from the terror list, the White House will also issue the country a waiver from Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which strengthened embargo provisions against Cuba. Title III of the law allows U.S. citizens to sue individuals allegedly trafficking in property expropriated by the country’s communist government.

There is zero doubt in my mind that they meet all the qualifications for being a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said.

President Joe Biden is planning to lift Cuba's designation as a "state sponsor of terrorism" in the final days of his administration.

The White House announced a plan to lift the designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, sending the incoming Trump administration another curveball just days before President Joe Biden leaves office.

The White House noted that Cuba has not "provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period," and "has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future.