France is waiting to be assured of having a "
substantive conversation
" with Australia, before reconnecting at the highest level after Canberra severed a mega-contract on submarines, said Tuesday. September 28 the Élysée.
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Since the announcement of the AUKUS alliance between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom in the Indo-Pacific, which angered France, Emmanuel Macron has spoken with the American last week. Joe Biden and Briton Boris Johnson, but not with the Australian Prime Minister. "
The question is not to know
" if President Emmanuel Macron is "
available to speak
" with Scott Morrisson because "
he still is
", but it is a question of "
preparing this conversation in a very serious way
" so that it "
is of substance
", explained an adviser to the president. “
It will take place when the time comes,
” he said.
The Australian Prime Minister said last week that he tried unsuccessfully to reach Emmanuel Macron and admitted that he will have to be "
patient
" to reconnect with Paris.
The Élysée also indicated that the French ambassador to Australia, recalled to Paris, would return to Canberra "
on a date which remains to be determined
", while that in the United States is to join Washington on Wednesday.
"
Australia is an important partner country
" in the Indo-Pacific region, insisted the presidency, "
even if it has not behaved properly in this matter
".
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Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday morning that the AUKUS alliance did not change "
in any way the
Indo-Pacific
strategy of France
", which is "
a power regardless of any contract since we have a million compatriots who live in this region and more than 8000 soldiers who are deployed there
”.