Jakarta –
French President Emmanuel Macron angry because Australia cancel the contract submarine. Australia turned to the United States.
Anger Macron it then made him take the decision to withdraw its ambassadors from Australia and America. This unprecedented move shows the extent of France’s anger towards its two allies.
As reported by the AFP news agency on Saturday (18/9/2021), French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said President Emmanuel Macron withdrew the ambassadors after Canberra canceled a deal to buy French submarines in order to acquire submarines. United States nuclear.
Le Drian said the decision was made to “immediately” withdraw the two French ambassadors because of “the extraordinary seriousness of the announcement made on 15 September by Australia and the United States”.
The French foreign minister said the abandonment of the submarine project that Australia and France had been working on since 2016 was “unacceptable behavior among allies and partners.”
“The consequences affect the concept we have of our alliance, our partnership and the importance of the Indo-Pacific to Europe,” he added.
US President Joe Biden announced a new Australia-US-UK defense alliance on Wednesday (15/9), extending US nuclear submarine technology to Australia as well as cyber defense, applied artificial intelligence and underwater capabilities.
The pact is widely seen as aimed at countering the rise of China.
The move angered France, which lost its Aus$50 billion (US$36.5 billion) contract to supply conventional submarines to Australia when it was signed in 2016.
Australia responds to Macron’s stance, see on the following page
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