During their stay, the Russian sailors will carry out a program of activities, which includes courtesy meetings with the head of the Revolutionary War Navy and the Governor of Havana; They will also visit places of historical and cultural interest.
Upon arrival, 21 salutes will be fired from one of the ships, as a greeting to the Cuban nation, which will be reciprocated by an artillery battery from the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba recently announced. .
The naval grouping consists of the frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the fleet oil tanker Pashin and the rescue tug Nikolai Chiker.
According to the notification, the visit “corresponds with the historical friendly relations between Cuba and Russia,” in addition to complying 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, the text states.
The Royal Canadian Navy patrol ship, HMCS Margaret Brooke, and the training ship AB Simón Bolívar, from Venezuela, will also dock in Cuba from the 14th to the 19th.
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