Top US lawmaker slams France-Russia warship deal: "France should abandon its proposed sale of four advanced warships to Russia, which could inflict 'irreparable damage' on NATO and transatlantic ties, a top US lawmaker warned Friday.
'This sale threatens to shake the NATO alliance to its core, bolstering Russia's offensive military capabilities as it intensifies its campaign of intimidation against neighboring countries,' said Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Writing in The Hill, a newspaper focused on the US Congress, the Florida lawmaker urged her colleagues to back a non-binding resolution she authored declaring 'unequivocal opposition' to the transaction."
