Hot topics close

Macron charms Brazil's Lula with submarines

Macron charms Brazils Lula with submarines
Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help.

The Tonelero is the third of four conventionally-propelled submarines agreed in a $10 billion deal signed by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Lula in 2008.

That pact also included building a nuclear-powered submarine, the Álvaro Alberto, which has seen delays and disagreements over the transfer of nuclear technology.

Macron said he wanted to open “a new chapter” in the project, adding: “You want it, France will be at your side.”

“We have never shared our so much of our know-how as we did with Brazil, and we are proud to have done so," Macron said.

Lula said: “Brazil wants the know-how, wants nuclear technology, not to go to war.”

Brazilian authorities have signaled that France is now more willing to collaborate on the nuclear submarine. “Perhaps there was resistance in the past,” Maria Luisa Escorel de Moraes, secretary for Europe and North America at the Brazilian foreign ministry, told reporters last week.

Similar news
News Archive
  • SHEFF UTD vs Liverpool
    SHEFF UTD vs Liverpool
    Sheffield United vs Liverpool result: Player ratings as Reds extend winning Premier League run
    28 Sep 2019
    7
  • Head louse
    Head louse
    Global Head Lice Infestation Drug Market Executive Summary and Analysis by Top Players 2021-2027: Bayer, Omega ...
    14 Oct 2021
    3
  • Mikel Arteta
    Mikel Arteta
    Arteta compares Arsenal’s results to an onion as he looks for recipe for success
    21 Jan 2024
    27
  • Valuation
    Valuation
    Very targeted by private equity firms but owners stand firm on valuation
    14 Feb 2024
    5
  • The Florida Aquarium
    The Florida Aquarium
    Florida Aquarium researchers make a discovery that could help save coral reefs
    23 Apr 2020
    1
  • Fireworks displays near me
    Fireworks displays near me
    Bonfire Night 2019 - All the fireworks displays in and near Birmingham you can still go to tonight
    5 Nov 2019
    7