French President Emmanuel Macron warned, today, Friday, that the Australian agreement to build nuclear submarines with both America and Britain “will not be achieved”, one day after his saying that the display of French -made ships is still “on the table.
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Relations between France and Australia deteriorated in the late 2021, after the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison canceled a contract to build submarines worth $ 90 billion Australian ($ 58 billion) with France, in order to conclude a deal with America and Britain to build nuclear powered ships, according to Bloomberg Agency For news.
Speaking to Bloomberg on Friday, Macron said, on the sidelines of the Summit of Executive Presidents of the Asia Economic Cooperation Forum and the Pacific Ocean “APEC” in Thailand that the deal of nuclear submarines, known as (Okos), was “a great sign of sadness for us,” and added “what We decided in 2015 to work on how to build submarines for the Australian people, to be manufactured in Australia, for the Australian industry and support for Australian sovereignty, in order to obtain non -nuclear submarines that can be restored, fixed and used.
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