Paris-Sana
US Presidents Joe Biden and French Emmanuel Macron agreed, during a phone call between them today, to "launch a process of consultation" to secure conditions of trust between them following the crisis that erupted between the two sides over the Australian submarine issue.
And the French press agency quoted a joint statement of the Elysee and the White House as saying that Biden and Macron agreed that “holding open consultations between allies on issues of strategic importance to France and European partners would have avoided the situation” resulting from the Australian submarine crisis, while Biden expressed his “enduring commitment to in this regard.”
Biden considered, according to the statement, that "it is necessary for European defense to be more robust and efficient to contribute to security across the Atlantic and complement the role of NATO."
According to the statement, “the American and French presidents, who will meet in Europe at the end of October, decided to launch a process of in-depth consultation aimed at securing conditions that guarantee confidence and proposing concrete measures to achieve common goals.” “.
Last Friday, Paris announced the recall of its ambassadors to the United States and Australia, in an unprecedented decision towards these two allies, after Canberra canceled a huge contract with Paris to purchase submarines and concluded a new one with Washington for the same purpose.