A United States submarine arrived this Thursday afternoon at waters of the Guantanamo Bay, in the southeast of Cuba and where the US base is located, just hours after a Russian flotilla, which includes a nuclear submarine and a frigate, arrived in Havana, just 120 kilometers from the US.
“He USS Helena fast attack submarine is in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a routine port visit while transiting through the geographic area of responsibility of the US Southern Command and carrying out its global mission of maritime security and national defense,” said the own US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) on social networks.
“The location and transit of the ship were previously planned,” USSOUTHCOM said. denying that it is a response to Russia.
Russian nuclear submarine
The arrival of the American submarine occurred just 24 later that a Russian Navy flotilla, which includes a modern frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Havana within a scheduled visit which generated great expectations for its geopolitical significance.
According to the Cuban Government, the Russian flotilla will remain in the port of Havana until next June 17th.
The Russian Ministry of Defense had reported last Tuesday that the squadron sent to Cuba took advantage of its movement through international waters in the Atlantic to carry out exercises that included the virtual launch of “high-precision” missiles.
After learning of the sending of the Russian flotilla to Cuban waters, The US assured that it did not see it as a threat, but decided to monitor the movements of Moscow ships in Atlantic waters.
VIDEO | This is how several Russian vessels have docked in the port of Havana
Video: EFE
“We don’t want Russian ships”
The Naval Base of the same name is located in Guantánamo Bay, a US military installation built by the US in the southeast of the island and whose sovereignty the Government of Havana claims, considering it a illegally occupied territory.
In statements reproduced by the American media today, the former president and candidate for the Republican nomination in next November’s elections Donald Trump said this Thursday: “We want to see borders. We want to see a strong Army. We don’t want to see Russian ships right off the coast of Florida.
