From Hewana, Will Ground reports. The ceremony of reinstating the Cuban embassador to Washington had none of the pump of reopening the embassy a few weeks ago.
Syria's embassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari has at meanwhile called for UN inspectors to be allowed to complete their work without military or political pressure.
The man suspected of masterminding the attack on the US mission on Benghazi, Libya that claim the lives of US embassador Christopher Stevens and three others is in US custody.