In addition to taking historic steps to normalize U.S. and Cuban relations, President Barack Obama may become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Havana in decades.

On Thursday, White House Secretary Josh Earnest announced at a press briefing that Obama hopes to step foot on the Caribbean island after a reporter from Cuba asked him for an update on the status of re-opening embassies in both nations.

"I know there's one person particularly that hopes President Obama will be in Havana at some point in the - at some point in the relatively recent future, and that's President Obama himself," Earnest said at the White House press conference, according to Fox News Latino.

Back in December, the president announced that the U.S. and Cuba have begun working to restore their severed ties after decades of a frozen relationship.

Since then, a national poll revealed that more Cuban-Americans support the White House's new policy toward Cuba. A survey, which was conducted by Bendixen & Amandi International in mid-March, reveals the majority of Cuban-Americans back President Obama's effort to establish diplomatic ties with the Communist country following decades of a frozen relationship.

According to the poll, 51 percent stand behind the president's policy, which is a seven-point jump from December when only 44 percent said they stood in agreement with Obama shortly after he made the historic announcement.

However, the number of supporters of the policy is much larger among Cuban-Americans who were born in the United States, as 66 percent agree. In comparison, only 45 percent of those born in Cuba agree with Obama's decision.

The poll also shows that younger Cuban-Americans born in the U.S. and those who do not live in Florida are more likely to support the idea of re-establishing relations, notes Politico.