PARIS — France said late Friday it was immediately recalling its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology.
He said Wednesday's announcement of Australia's submarine deal with the U.S. is “unacceptable behavior between allies and partners.” Macron has not commented on the issue since President Joe Biden’s announcement of a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain, leading France to lose a nearly $100 billion deal to build diesel-electric submarines.
Le Drian on Thursday expressed “total incomprehension” at the move and criticized both Australia and the U.S. Paris had raised the issue of the Indo-Pacific strategy during the June 25 visit to Paris of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, expressing the importance of its submarine program with Australia, the diplomat said.
Betcha Trump is influencing deal somehow. Anywhere there is division that hurts who and what Trump opposes.
Wow they must be really pissed
That's fine with us, next time you get invaded by pissed off Germans don't come crying to us though.
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France Calls U.S.-Australia Submarine Deal a BetrayalThe French foreign minister called the U.S.’s move to step in a “stab in the back” after France was pushed out of a multibillion-dollar deal to supply submarines to Australia. Pas bon les amis américains … Il est pourtant pas si loin le temps de Lafayette… France is not a player in this part of the world. U.S. can offer Australia far more than France ever could
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China and France left fuming at U.S. nuclear sub pact with AustraliaAt a news briefing Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the pact “seriously undermined regional peace and stability, exacerbated the arms race and undermined international nuclear nonproliferation efforts.”
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