“Several hundred” French soldiers ready to be deployed in Romania, announces Florence Parly

“The dialogue continues and we are convinced that it is through dialogue, it is through diplomatic and political solutions that we must resolve this conflict”, assured the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly on France Inter on Saturday January 29, about the crisis in Ukraine. “The conditions for a possible military intervention by Russia have been put in place” in Ukraine, she said.

She estimated the number of soldiers mobilized at “several tens of thousands of men distributed either on the northern part” and mentioned “a rise in power in the eastern part of Ukraine”. Corn “Dialogue continues and we are convinced that it is through dialogue, it is through diplomatic and political solutions that we must resolve this conflict”, did she say.

Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, on the tensions between Ukraine and Russia: “We are seeing a strengthening of the Russian presence around Ukraine. It has increased even more recently. We are talking about several thousand men ” pic.twitter.com/D37hjMbzYe

– France Inter (@franceinter) January 29, 2022

According to Florence Parly, the Head of State indicated that “France was ready, if NATO decided, to deploy military elements in Romania, a country bordering Ukraine, in order to be able to contribute to this reassurance.” The Minister traveled to Romania last Thursday to discuss this issue, and a meeting is to take place “very soon with NATO members”.

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“Several hundred” of French soldiers are ready to be deployed in Romania, said Florence Parly, specifying that “It is not intended for any military escalation. We are realistic, lucid and therefore we are preparing. We are ready to defend the countries that are closest to this zone of tension, the primary issue of which is the Ukraine”, she said.