The State Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the U.S. government's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism as early as this week.

Back in December, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. and Cuba have begun working to restore their severed ties after decades of a frozen relationship. However, Cuba has demanded that it be removed from the U.S. terrorism list, making note that U.S. sanctions on banks that do business with designed terrorist countries impedes it from conducting diplomatic affairs in the States.

On Tuesday, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes confirmed that the State Department is "nearing its completion" of its review of the state sponsor of terrorism designation process, reports CNN. This means that the State Department could recommend that Cuba be removed from its list of countries accused of sponsoring terrorism on Wednesday.

"We expect that it's likely in the final stages. But we don't control the timing. The State Department does," Ben Rhodes, White House deputy national security adviser, told reporters Tuesday morning, according to Reuters.

Once a recommendation is made by the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry would pass that along to President Obama who has said he would act quickly. However, the request must be approved by Congress before Cuba's name can be removed.

"As soon as I get a recommendation, I'll be in a position to act on it," Obama said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR).

The expected recommendation on state sponsor of terrorism designation comes just days ahead of President Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas on April 10 and 11, where he and Cuban President Raul Castro are scheduled to meet for the first time since announcing their joint agreement on Dec. 17.