Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead visited Russia to meet with members of the Russian Navy and further improve international maritime relationships, April 13-18.
As the first CNO to visit Russia since 1996, Roughead met with his counterpart, Adm. Vladimir Vysotskiy , commander-in-chief of the Russian Federation Navy , was the keynote speaker at Kuznetsov Naval Academy and toured Russian Federation Navy ships.
“We are two navies that support the global interests of our nations, we’re two navies that operate on the very highest levels of technology, we’re two navies that understand the importance of the sea and how important the seas are to our prosperity and to our peace, ” said Roughead.