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Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Franco-Australian diplomatic relations were returning in the right direction after a phone call with President Emmanuel Macron. Mr Morrison spoke to his French counterpart on Thursday for the first time since Australia canceled a $ 90 billion submarine deal with Naval Group and instead opted for a deal with the United States and the UK on nuclear powered submarines. Mr Macron said Australia “had severed the relationship of trust” between the two countries and it was up to Mr Morrison to mend the relationship. Upon arriving in Italy on Friday evening for a G20 meeting, Mr Morrison told reporters he very much appreciated Mr Macron reaching out to him to make a personal call, and Australia respected and understood the obvious disappointment from France. “So we have started the road back, I think that is a positive thing. Of course there will be some frank conversations at the beginning as we deal with the issues as they have been presented,” he said. he declares. “The way you rebuild these relationships is to work together on the things that matter to both of us,†Mr. Morrison said, referring to common interests in the Indo-Pacific and policies on oceans and technology. “Antarctica is another key region and Australia is a very reputable operator there. I know France has interests there as well,” he said. The call between the two leaders delayed Mr Morrison’s departure from Canberra on Thursday evening for the G20 summit in Rome. The federal government said the phone call came after Mr Morrison wrote a letter to Mr Macron in October. US President Joe Biden told reporters after meeting Mr. Macron overnight that the United States had been “awkward” in orchestrating the AUKUS deal. Mr. Biden added that the submarine deal “was not done with much grace.” “I had the impression that France had been informed long before,” he said. with AP Australian Associated Press
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Franco-Australian diplomatic relations were returning in the right direction after a phone call with President Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Morrison spoke to his French counterpart on Thursday for the first time since Australia canceled a $ 90 billion submarine deal with Naval Group and instead opted for a deal with the United States and the UK on nuclear powered submarines.
Mr Macron said Australia “had severed the relationship of trust” between the two countries and it was up to Mr Morrison to mend the relationship.
Upon arriving in Italy on Friday evening for a G20 meeting, Mr Morrison told reporters he very much appreciated Mr Macron reaching out to him to make a personal call, and Australia respected and understood the obvious disappointment from France.
“So we have started the road back, I think that is a positive thing. Of course there will be some frank conversations at the beginning as we deal with the issues as they have been presented,” he said. he declares.
“The way you rebuild these relationships is to work together on the things that matter to both of us,†Mr. Morrison said, referring to common interests in the Indo-Pacific and policies on oceans and technology.
“Antarctica is another key region and Australia is a very reputable operator there. I know France has interests there as well,” he said.
The call between the two leaders delayed Mr Morrison’s departure from Canberra on Thursday evening for the G20 summit in Rome.
The federal government said the phone call came after Mr Morrison wrote a letter to Mr Macron in October.
US President Joe Biden told reporters after meeting Mr. Macron overnight that the United States had been “awkward” in orchestrating the AUKUS deal.
Mr. Biden added that the submarine deal “was not done with much grace.”
“I had the impression that France had been informed long before,” he said.
Associated Australian Press
