A reaction to such a snub was expected.
It will not be long.
Almost 48 hours after the announcement of the cancellation of the contract for the sale to Australia by Naval Group of 12 submarines for an amount of approximately 34 billion euros, concluded in 2016, France has decided to " immediately recall ”its ambassadors in the United States and Australia.
Because, in fact, Australia has now chosen to do business with the United States and Great Britain.
"The decision we have made not to continue with the Attack class submarines and to take another path is not a change of mind, it is a change of need," said the Prime Minister of Australia. Scott Morrison, who also announced the purchase of American Tomahawk missiles.
This Friday evening, Jean-Yves Le Drian announced, in a press release from the Quai d'Orsay, that “at the request of the President of the Republic, I decided to immediately recall to Paris for consultations with our two ambassadors to the United States. United and Australia.
This exceptional decision is justified by the exceptional gravity of the announcements made on September 15 by Australia and the United States ”.
This abandonment and the announcement of new studies for the benefit of the United States and the United Kingdom "constitute unacceptable behavior between allies and partners, the consequences of which affect our very conception of our alliances, our partnerships and of the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe ”, considers the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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