French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time after the Ranberra refusal from the largest defense contract with Paris for the supply of submarines spent a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. This was reported on Thursday in the Challenge Palace, TASS reports.
He noted that the unilateral decision of Canberra on the reduction of the Franco-Australian strategic partnership by refusing to contract on the submarine in favor of another project “undermined the trust relationship between the two countries.” It was noted that it is now necessary to pay the situation “French companies and their contractors, including Australian.”
Earlier, Australia concluded partnership with the United Kingdom and the United States in the field of defense and security Aukus and announced the exit from the agreement for 56 billion euros on submarines with the French company Naval Group. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Drian called Australia’s decision to the back.