The Kremlin on Wednesday criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that Paris is open to deploying nuclear-armed warplanes in other European countries, stating that such a move would not improve the continent’s security.
“The Americans have the bombs on planes in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Turkey,” Macron told France’s TF1 television on Tuesday.
“We are ready to open this discussion. I will define the framework in a very specific way in the weeks and months to come,” he added.
In response to Macron’s comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “The proliferation of nuclear weapons on the European continent is something that will not add security, predictability and stability.”
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“Right now, the entire system of strategic stability and security is in a deplorable state for obvious reasons,” Peskov stated.
Macron initially raised the possibility of extending the protection of France’s nuclear arsenal to other European nations in March.
At that time, the Kremlin described this as France asserting “nuclear leadership in Europe,” which it deemed “very, very confrontational
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