The Tonelero is the third of 4 conventionally-propelled submarines agreed in a $10 billion deal signed by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Lula in 2008.
That pact additionally included constructing a nuclear-powered submarine, the Álvaro Alberto, which has seen delays and disagreements over the switch of nuclear expertise.
Macron mentioned he wished to open “a brand new chapter” within the challenge, including: “You need it, France will probably be at your facet.”
“We’ve got by no means shared our a lot of our know-how as we did with Brazil, and we’re proud to have accomplished so,” Macron mentioned.
Lula mentioned: “Brazil desires the know-how, desires nuclear expertise, to not go to battle.”
Brazilian authorities have signaled that France is now extra keen to collaborate on the nuclear submarine. “Maybe there was resistance previously,” Maria Luisa Escorel de Moraes, secretary for Europe and North America on the Brazilian overseas ministry, advised reporters final week.
