Overview
- Gen. Francis L. Donovan met Cuban Gen. Roberto Legrá Sotolongo at the dividing fence of Naval Station Guantánamo Bay on Friday for a brief exchange about operational security.
- SOUTHCOM said Donovan led a perimeter security assessment and discussed force protection, the safety of service members and their families, and operational readiness with base officials.
- Cuba’s military confirmed the meeting as positive and said both sides agreed to keep military communication lines open between their commands.
- The contact follows recent high‑level U.S. visits to Havana and comes while Washington maintains pressure on Cuba through sanctions, an effective oil blockade, criminal charges, and a sustained naval presence.
- Guantánamo has long been a bilateral flashpoint and the meeting is a pragmatic risk‑management step that reporters say may lower the odds of accidental escalation given reporting about drone threats and contingency planning.