French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to start rebuilding a relationship with Australia in his first phone call with new PM Anthony Albanese. theage Europe correspondent Rob Harris reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to start rebuilding a relationship with Australia based on “trust and respect” in his first phone call with new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday evening.
Albanese said the conversation was “warm and constructive” in a social media post on Thursday evening, with the pair discussing a free and open Indo-Pacific, greater co-operation on climate and energy policy and support for Ukraine.
The pair also discussed the situation in Ukraine and the response to the risk of a food crisis with the FARM initiative.
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