Havana, Cuba : The White House Monday all but ruled out a meeting between Barack Obama and veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the US president's trip to Cuba.
Senior Obama foreign policy aide Ben Rhodes said that neither the administration nor the Cuba authorities had asked for a meeting between Obama and the 89-year-old.
"On this trip, we are not planning to meet with Fidel Castro," he said.
Castro is rarely seen in public these days and when photographed in state-run media he has appeared in a wheel chair.
Obama earlier suggested in a television interview with ABC that he may be open to a meeting.
Senior Obama foreign policy aide Ben Rhodes said that neither the administration nor the Cuba authorities had asked for a meeting between Obama and the 89-year-old.
"On this trip, we are not planning to meet with Fidel Castro," he said.
Castro is rarely seen in public these days and when photographed in state-run media he has appeared in a wheel chair.
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Obama earlier suggested in a television interview with ABC that he may be open to a meeting.
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