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is to redefine a relationship with australia i'm sage for calkine media
france will send its ambassador back to australia to help redefine relations
after the row over a submarine contract french foreign minister jean-yves ledrian
said that the country will send its ambassador to canberra with two goals in mind help redefine the
future relationships with australia and to end the program for the procurement of submarines
paris recalled its ambassador from australia protesting a defence pact which was negotiated
between the u.s australia and britain also known as ocus this pact was intended to counter chinese
military power under the ocus packed australia committed to buy u.s designed submarines and
it pulled out of an existing supply deal with france this new deal didn't include
france which had worked on the 40 billion us dollar nuclear power submarine deal since 2016.
this deal also allows france to replace the aging aussie submarines but australia went ahead and
scrapped the deal to join hands with the u.s displeased over the decision jean eve called
the partnership a stab in the back and thus is fuming over australia's submarine deal
france cancelled the u.s gala event last month france considered its australian partnership as a
cornerstone of its indo-pacific policy the french officials say that they feel betrayed by australia
as the latter gave them no prior confirmation before moving ahead with its plans to scrap
18 months earlier lidrian said that paris had entirely reviewed its bilateral relationship
with canberra given that the 40 billion us dollar submarine deal was included in a broader strategy
with a fresh beginning the french australian bilateral relationships will not impact
france's determination to remain engaged in the pacific he said on the other hand australia said
that it regretted the ambassador's recall and values its relationship with france the country
also said that it is looking forward to remaining engaged with paris on the issues including the
indo-pacific and in a statement australia's foreign minister maurice payne said that australia
has recognized the french counterparts comments australia will work with france to move forward
with their relationship she said the return of the french ambassador is a welcome step in the process
maurice payne added diplomats have said in confidence that this crisis will require some
strong actions from australia that would benefit france's interests in the region
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