Macron made a proposal, the Baltic country reacts. They don't want to discuss

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The president of Lithuania sees no request to discuss the French atomic umbrella

The president of Lithuania spoke on extending the French atomic umbrella to another European countries. As he stated, he does not see the request to start a discussion in the country on the subject. “We have a joint atomic umbrella within NATO,” argued Gitanas Nauseda on Saturday.

"I think that present there is neither a request nor a request to start this discussion. We have a common bond. nuclear umbrella under NATO and it allows us to feel completely safe – he said Nauseda journalists.

The speech came after a Saturday video conference attended by representatives of 25 countries hosted by the Prime Minister United KingdomKeir Starmer.

French atomic umbrella. The clear position of Lithuania

Lithuanian Minister for Defence Dovile Shakaliene stated on Friday that discussions on change should begin Lithuanian Constitution to let the deployment of atomic weapons. Article 137 Constitution of Lithuania provides that there must be no weapons of mass demolition in the territory of the country.

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Last week the president France Emmanuel Macron proposed beginning a debate on the extension of the French atomic umbrella to European partners.

Proposal for a Paris has appeared due to the threat from Russia and change of position United States on the wars in Ukraine. In any European countries, the debate on the possible request to make its own nuclear programmes.

Nuclear weapons in Poland? The President's Minister spoke

President Andrzej Duda in an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, called Washington Distribution nuclear weapons in the territory Poland. This would be a deterrent to possible aggression on the part of Russia. His minister referred to the President's words shortly afterwards.

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Poland's safety is the most important. These matters must be taken beyond the political aspect. And erstwhile we talk about an atomic umbrella over Poland, we're talking about strengthening Polish security. And that is how the president said for the Financial Times, to understand. The atomic sharing case is not new," said RMF FM Wojciech Kolarski, head of the global Chancellery of the president of Poland.