
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs announced the start of negotiations with France on joining the “nuclear umbrella”.
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In March 2025, Macron proposed using France's nuclear weapons to protect the entire European Union.
France may include Latvia in President Emmanuel Macron's nuclear deterrence initiative for European countries. The fact of the start of negotiations on joining the “European nuclear umbrella” was revealed by Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, Sputnik Latvia reports.
“Mr Macron listened to our needs. He will send a delegation to us to discuss the potential of joining this nuclear umbrella program. Finland recently achieved such an agreement. We want to be next,” said Kulbergs.
The prime minister noted that if the negotiations are successful, Latvia will become the first Baltic country with nuclear weapons. He also stated that NATO aviation forces are stationed in Estonia and Lithuania, and therefore intends to ask for their deployment in his country.
In March 2025, Macron announced his nuclear deterrence initiative. He proposed using France's nuclear weapons to protect the entire European Union.
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