Newsline: Australia says return of French ambassador to aid repair of bilateral relationship

October 8, 2021 at 9:32 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the return of France’s ambassador to Canberra will help repair relations between the two countries which were damaged when Australia cancelled a $40 billion submarine contract. (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-says-return-french-ambassador-aid-repair-bilateral-relationship-2021-10-07/) Australia last month walked away from a deal with France’s Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines and will instead build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines with U.S. and British technology after striking a trilateral security partnership with those two countries. The cancellation angered France, which accused both Australia and the United States of stabbing it in the back and Paris recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington.

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