AUKUS: French president says Australian PM lied over submarine deal
US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speak at a virtual launch of the AUKUS alliance on Sept.15, 2021.
“I don’t think so, I know,” Macron said in response to a question on whether he thought Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him. Probed further on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome by Australian news outlet The Sunday Morning Herald on whether he could trust Morrison again, the president said France will wait to see what he delivers.
French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian made similar comments in September after Australia cancelled the contract with France for 12 conventionally-powered submarines in favor of the US under Canberra’s new defense alliance with Washington and London called AUKUS. Australia rejected these accusations, saying Morrison had raised concerns over the capability of French submarines “some months ago.”
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