The nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the fleet oil tanker Pashin, the rescue tug Nikolai Chiker and the frigate Gorshkov will arrive in this capital next Wednesday and will remain here until June 17.
“None of the ships carry nuclear weapons, so their stopover in our country does not represent a threat to the region,” says the notification released by the Ministry. The agenda of the Russian sailors, according to their own information, includes meetings with government authorities in the Cuban capital and tours of places of cultural and historical interest, among other social activities.
When the detachment arrives, 21 salvos will be fired from a ship, as a greeting to the Cuban nation, which will be reciprocated by an artillery battery from the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress.
The visit “corresponds with the historical friendly relations between Cuba and Russia,” the text states, adding that it complies with “the international regulations of which Cuba is a State Party.”
Visits by naval units from other countries are a historical practice of the revolutionary government with nations that maintain relations of friendship and cooperation, he emphasizes.
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