China has harshly criticized the US-Australia agreement on nuclear submarines, as part of the new partnership between the US, Great Britain and Australia announced yesterday by US President Joe Biden "to face the 21st century and its threats", calling it "extremely irresponsible. ".
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian added that the initiative also affects "international non-proliferation efforts".
Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines in a new partnership with the US and Great Britain was "deplorable": this is the opinion of the French Foreign Ministry. "This is a decision contrary to the letter and the spirit of cooperation that has prevailed between France and Australia", reads a note -. "The American choice, which leads to the removal of a European ally and partner like France from a long-standing partnership with Australia, as we face unprecedented challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, marks a lack of coherence of which France can only regret ".
