HAVANA.- He Canadian ship “Margaret Brooke” docked this Friday at the port of Havana Cuba, coinciding with the arrival of two nuclear-powered submarines, one from Russia and the other from the United States, to the Caribbean island during the same week.
Canada’s Joint Operations Command reported that this is “the first visit by the Royal Canadian Navy to Havana since 2016 and Cuba since 2018”, highlighting the importance of this event. The visit of the Canadian ship will last until Monday, in recognition of the long bilateral relationship between both countries.
On Wednesday, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine “Kazan” arrived at the Havana port accompanied by the Admiral Gorshkov frigatea tanker, and a rescue tug “Nikolai Chiker”, which was opened to the public on Thursday. Cuban authorities assured that these ships do not carry nuclear weapons and do not represent a threat to the region.
This Russian deployment just 150 kilometers off the coast of Florida occurs in a context of high tensions due to the war in Ukraine, a conflict in which Ukraine has the support of Western countries in its resistance against the Russian invasion.
On the other hand, the American fast attack submarine “USS Helena” He has been in Guantanamo Bay since Thursday as part of a “routine visit,” according to the US Southern Command in a statement on social media. The US military indicated it is closely monitoring the presence of the Russian ships, although it says they do not pose a direct threat.
This type of deployment of naval forces in the region is reminiscent of the tensions of the Cold War, when the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba led to the missile crisis in 1962, a time when Washington and Moscow were on the brink of conflict. armed.
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FOUNTAIN: With information from AFP
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