Did Alexis Corbière reveal information classified as “secret-defense”? Ihe Ministry of the Armed Forces refuses to reveal the nature of the arms deliveries to Ukraine for strategic reasons. The spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who sits on the National Defense and Armed Forces Committee, immediately backpedaled after his remarks on franceinfo on Wednesday.
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Asked about French arms deliveries to Ukraine, the deputy of rebellious France, Alexis Corbière, said on Wednesday March 9 on franceinfo that it was not a question of “only bulletproof vests and a few anti-tank missiles”while the Ministry of the Armed Forces refuses to reveal the nature of these deliveries for strategic reasons.
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The spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for the presidential election, who also sits on the commission National Defense and Armed Forces immediately backpedaled, indicating that he could not “not say exactly” what it was but “that it could look like that”.
According to journalists, I would have violated the defense secret. False. No Member of Parliament is moreover authorized “secret defense”. I do not have access to any confidential information. The Élysée, the high command have spoken. Read the press, like me! https://t.co/leNUlZ2ck8
— Alexis Corbiere (@alexiscorbiere) March 9, 2022
“I don’t know the details”then added Alexis Corbière, inviting the journalists questioning him, Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia, “not to try to disturb him”. “It’s up to the French government to tell you things”he continued.
Joined by franceinfo, the Ministry of the Armed Forces affirmed that it “does not comment on the content of the deliveries for reasons explained many times by the Minister, Florence Parly, and the spokesperson for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces”.
Florence Parly said last Thursday on franceinfo that “some weapons had already arrived” of which “combatants’ protective equipment” without further details. Asked about the possibility of revealing the type of weapons delivered, she replied “not wanting to do it”estimating that in “revealing the type of weapons we deliver, we give information that would put the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian armies at risk”.