Without questioning his new alliance with the British and the Americans within the framework of the Aukus pact, nor the choice of his predecessor to opt for nuclear submarines rather than conventionally powered submersibles, which the French Naval Group, before the unilateral cancellation of what was called in Paris the "
contract of the century
", the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, elected last May, made the warming of the relationship with Paris one of his priorities on the international scene.
Two heavyweights of his government, Penny Wong, his Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Richard Marles, his Minister of Defense, are in Paris on Monday to meet their counterparts Catherine Colonna and Sébastien Lecornu, as part of a meeting “2 +2”, the latest version of which has left very bitter memories in France.
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It was at the end of August 2021, and at the end of it, that the four ministers signed a joint press release in which…
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