It was earlier requested to allow the Northern Fleet’s
aircraft carrier battle group led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft
carrier to enter the port of Spain’s autonomous city of
Ceuta.
Russia has notified Spain that it had cancelled the earlier
request to allow the Northern Fleet’s aircraft carrier battle group
led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to enter the port of
Spain’s autonomous city of Ceuta, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Cooperation said in a statement received by the TASS
office in Madrid on Wednesday.
"In September, Spain’s government granted permission for three
Russian warships to enter the port of Ceuta between October 28 and
November 2," the statement says. "Russia’s embassy in Madrid has
just informed us that (Russia) had withdrawn its request for the
warships to enter (Ceuta)."
The goal of the voyage is "to ensure naval presence in the
important areas of the World Ocean."
The previous joint voyage to the North-East Atlantic and the
Mediterranean Sea of the Admiral Kuznetsov and Pyotr Velikiy was
completed in the first half of 2014. The current long voyage is the
eighth one for the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.