NATO agreed on Thursday to modernize its nuclear capabilities and strengthen ‌its nuclear planning capacity, the alliance’s senior body for nuclear deterrence said in a statement.

All NATO allies except France ⁠are members of the Nuclear Planning Group, which serves as a forum for consultation and decision-making on nuclear deterrence, Reuters reported.

Defense ministers taking part in the meeting “recalled that the strategic nuclear forces of ‌the ⁠Alliance remain the supreme guarantee of Allied security and underpin NATO’s extended deterrence architecture,” the statement ⁠said.

“NPG Ministers agreed to continue enhancing NATO’s nuclear deterrence mission by modernizing ⁠NATO’s nuclear capabilities, strengthening its nuclear planning capacity, and adapting ⁠to achieve its security interests,” the group said.