Paris: France on Saturday accused Australia and the United States lying on an Australian contract broke to buy a French submarine, warning a crisis of the cemetery ongoing among allies.
Australia’s decision to break the agreement for the French submarine that supports American nuclear-powered vessels triggered anger in Paris, with President Emmanuel Macron considering the French ambassador to Canberra and Washington in unprecedented steps.
The line has triggered deep cracks in the oldest alliance in America and the hopes of running from the Renaissance Post-Donald Trump in the relationship between Paris and Washington under President Joe Biden.
Speaking to France 2 Television, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian did not provide an indication of Paris who was ready to give a downward crisis, using unclear language to Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, which is also part of a three-way security pact.
“There has been a lie, duplifical, a big violation of trust and humiliation,” said Le Drian.
“It won’t work.” He described the withdrawal of ambassadors for the first time in the history of relations with countries as “very symbolic” actions intended “to show how unhappy we are and that there is a serious crisis between us.
But Australia has rejected French charges of betrayal, with the Minister of Defense Peter Dutton insists Canberra has “upfront, open and honest” with Paris about his worries.
On Sunday, Australian Minister of Finance Simon Birmingham said his country had told the French government “on the earliest occasion available, before it became public”.
He told him The ABC national announcer that “will always be a difficult decision” to cancel the French agreement.
“We do not underestimate the importance now …
ensure that we rebuild strong relationships with the French government and colleagues far into the future,” he added.
“Because of the involvement of those who are ongoing NG in this region is important.
“Le Drian also took out a sting response to the question of why France did not remember its ambassador to England, which is also part of the security pact that leads to breakup.
“We have remembered our ambassador to (Canberra and Washington) to reevaluate the situation.
With England, it is not necessary.
We know their constant opportunism.
So there is no need to bring our ambassador to explain,” he said.
The role of London in the pact under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he added with ridicule: “England in all this is rather like the third wheel.” NATO must take into account what happens when it is branding strategies at the peak in Madrid next year, he added.
France will now prioritize the development of the EU security strategy when taking a block presidency in early 2022, he said.
Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, previously played danger, said it would not have an impact on “military cooperation” in the alliance.
Biden announced a new Australian-US-US defense alliance on Wednesday, in the pact widely seen as aimed against the resurrection of China.
It expanded American nuclear submarine technology to Australia, as well as cyber defense, artificial intelligence and underwater capabilities.
The move confused French, who lost a contract to supply conventional submarines to Australia which was worth wearing $ 50 billion ($ 36.5 billion, 31 billion euros) when signed in 2016.
Le Drian has described it as “stabbed behind” and said it Biden’s administrative behavior has been proportional to Trump, whose changes are suddenly in a long European allied policy.
Foreign department spokesman Ned prices on Saturday emphasized US commitment “which was unshakable” to the alique with France.
“We hope to continue our discussion about this issue at the senior level in the coming days, including in Unga next week,” he said, referring to the UN General Assembly, which will be attended by Antony Blinken.
Australia has also ignored Chinese anger for his decision to obtain a nuclear-powered submarine, swear to maintain the rules of the law in the air and waters where Beijing has risked the claims contested.
Beijing described the new alliance as a threat “who was very irresponsible” against regional stability, questioning Australia’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and warned of the Western allies that they risked “shooting into the feet”.
France accuses Australia, we ‘lie’ in increasing the crisis
