Macron proposes expanding cooperation with Brazil to produce military equipment

Itaguaí (Brazil), March 27 (EFE).- The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and France, Emmanuel Macron, participated this Wednesday in the launching ceremony into the sea of the third of the five submarines built within the framework of a military cooperation agreement between both countries.

CAMERA: JANAÍNA QUINET.

FOOTAGE: STATEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, EMMANUEL MACRON.

TRANSLATION:

"I AM HERE TO CELEBRATE THESE 16 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION, BUT TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE COMING DECADES WE WANT TO GO EVEN FURTHER, LAUNCHING NEW AND AMBITIOUS PROJECTS."

"SO THAT THIS COOPER, BEFORE RETURNING TO ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WITHIN A FEW HOURS, ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE THE PRETEXT FOR COOPERATION, FOR AN EVEN GREATER AMBITION, THAT OF A STRONGER BRAZIL, OF A STRONGER FRANCE, AT THE SERVICE OF PEACE. AND A SHARED VISION OF THE WORLD. BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER."

"AND IF I AM AMONG YOU TODAY, IT IS NOT SIMPLY TO EXPRESS FRANCE'S PRIDE IN BEING BY YOUR SIDE IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED PROJECT AND TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE, BUT TO EXPRESS THE CONVICTION THAT WE CAN, THAT WE MUST OPEN A NEW PAGE IN THIS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES"

"WE BELIEVE IN PEACE, IN WHICH IT BUILDS BALANCE. BUT THIS, AND YOU HAVE ALSO SAID IT VERY WELL, REQUIRES BEING STRONG. THE GREAT PEACEFUL POWERS THAT ARE BRAZIL AND FRANCE MUST AFFIRM THAT IN AN INCREASINGLY DISORGANIZED WORLD, WE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THE LANGUAGE OF FIRMNESS TO PROTECT PEACE, OF THE DEFENSE OF BALANCES THAT REFUSE AT ALL TIMES TO BE VASALS OF OTHERS AND KNOW HOW TO DEFEND IN A CREDITABLE WAY THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN WHICH WE BELIEVE."