Russia takes Macron’s nuclear comments very seriously – Safety Officer – Russian Policy and Diplomacy

Moscow, March 20. /Tass /. Russia takes very seriously the statement of French president Emmanuel Macron about the possible proliferation of French nuclear weapons in Europe, the journalists of the Sergey Shoigu Security Council told the journalists.

“Although most experts agree that talking about the French nuclear umbrella on Europe is nothing more than an attempt to hit their chest, we take the statement of the French president very seriously,” he said.

According to the security official, “the very fact that a leader of nuclear energy is rattle weapons is a direct threat to the entire world community.” “This is also of particular importance in relation to the membership of France at the New Start Club,” Shoigu said.

He explained that France has a nuclear arsenal that, according to the UN, has about 290 eyelets. In addition, Paris has a unique element of the nuclear triad in terms of tactical aviation with supersonic cruise missiles with nuclear capacity.

The security official emphasized that Macron is playing once again politics here, trying to obtain political points as part of the continuous attack of the European Union against Russia. “We see that its internal policy has already led to a series of socioeconomic, political, parliamentary and governmental crisis, and the approval index of the French president in the country is constantly decreasing: only 21% of respondents approve their actions,” Shoigu concluded.

On March 5, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said in a public speech that he would begin conversations with allies about the possibility of bringing European countries under the protection of France’s nuclear dissuasive forces. He called Russia a threat to his country and the EU as a whole, citing this as a justification for the increase in military spending and the proliferation of French nuclear weapons in the EU.