Canada’s ship Margaret Brooke It arrived on Friday (06/14/2024) in Cuba, where two nuclear-powered submarines also arrived days before, one from Russia and the other from the United States.
The ship – which arrived in the port of the Cuban capital in the morning – marks “the first visit of the Royal Canadian Navy to Havana since 2016” and to Cuba since 2018, it said on its website. Facebook the Canadian Joint Operations Command. The visit, which will last until June 17, responds to “recognition of the long bilateral relationship” between both countries, added the Canadian commander.
On June 12, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine also arrived Kazan accompanied by the frigate Admiral Gorshkovas well as a tanker and a rescue tug Nikolai Chiker, which the next day was open to the public. Cuban authorities said last week that these ships do not carry nuclear weapons and do not represent a “threat to the region.”
On the other hand, the American fast attack submarine USS Helena He has been in Guantánamo Bay since June 13 “as part of a routine visit” to the port, the US Southern Command stated in a message on social media, referring to the US naval base on the island. The United States Army assures that it closely monitors the presence of the Russian ships, but that they do not pose a direct threat.
The unusual Russian deployment just about 150 kilometers from the Florida coast occurs amid great tensions due to the war in Ukraine, a country that has the support of the West in its fight against a Russian invasion.
During the Cold War, the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles on the island triggered the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Washington and Moscow were on the verge of going to war.
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