The then Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison stated that he had “deep and serious concerns” about the capabilities of the French submarines and that the tripartite cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States – named AUKUS – best served national interests and added: that “it will do I do not apologize for the right result from Australia”. Speaking to France 2 in September, then-French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said there was “a lie, hypocrisy, a great breach of trust and contempt. This will not happen. Things are not going well between us, not at all.” ». France recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington for the first time in modern times, according to a French official, and in November, President Emanuel Macron said Morrison had lied to him about the deal and that more needed to be done to The new Labor government, elected last month and led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has already made efforts to repair the relationship after Macron called Albanese to congratulate him on his election. “After acknowledging the serious breach of trust that followed the decision of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison to end the future submarine program,” the two leaders “agreed to rebuild a bilateral relationship based on trust and respect,” he said in a statement. Albanese announced on Saturday that the two countries had reached a settlement of 555 million euros (583.5 million euros). $ 8 million) on the broken agreement, calling it “fair and just”. “Given the seriousness of the challenges we face both regionally and globally, it is important that Australia and France reunite to defend our common principles and interests,” Albanese said in a separate statement. CNN’s Jim Acosta, Kylie Atwood, Maegan Vazquez, Angus Watson, Jennifer Hauser and Ivana Kottasová contributed to this report.
