President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday March 27 that France would help Brazil develop nuclear propulsion on future submarines while ensuring that it respects “non-proliferation” commitments.
“I hope that we open the chapter for new submarines […], that we face nuclear propulsion while being perfectly respectful of all the most rigorous non-proliferation commitments,” he said during of the launching of a conventionally powered Franco-Brazilian submarine in Itaguai, near Rio. “You want it, France will be at your side,” he added.
