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Cancellation of the "contract of the century": Paris denounces a "blow in the back" of Australia

2021-09-16T07:32:42.645Z


For Jean-Yves Le Drian, Joe Biden made a “brutal” Trump-style decision, while Washington on Wednesday launched a security partnership leading Canberra to cancel its order for submarines from France.


France deplored Thursday an

Australian

"

blow in the back

" and a "

brutal

"

decision

of Joe Biden to the "

Trump

" after the announcement of a strategic agreement between Washington, Camberra and London which led to the breach of the contract supply of French submarines to Australia.

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"

It's really a blow in the back,

" regretted the head of French diplomacy Jean-Yves Le Drian on France Info.

"

This unlilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision is very similar to what Mr. Trump was doing

," he added.

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Source: lefigaro

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