Macron met a number of other world leaders while at the G20 summit, but he did not schedule a bilateral discussion with Morrison.Īustralia’s prime minister will see Macron again at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. He said his government had kept the Biden administration up to date “with the status of the conversations and discussions with the French government”. It was unclear whether the US president was rebuking Morrison, or his own senior staff for failing to keep him abreast of the nuances.Īfter Biden’s public rapprochement with Macron, Morrison doubled down on the decision to proceed with the nuclear submarines. Shortly after Morrison had arrived in Italy, Joe Biden moved to repair his own damaged personal and political relationship with Macron by acknowledging that the Aukus announcement had been a “clumsy” episode handled with a lack of grace.īiden told Macron with television cameras present that he was “under the impression that France had been informed” about Australia’s intention to ditch the contract “long before” the Aukus pact was revealed publicly. The dispute with France dominated Morrison’s trip to Rome for the G20 summit. The escalation in tensions comes before a meeting between Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, and her French counterpart designed to get the relationship back on track. France said it had been “betrayed”, “stabbed in the back” and “deceived”. Under the Aukus pact, Morrison dumped a contract with France to build 12 diesel-powered submarines in favour of a deal with the US for at least eight nuclear-powered submarines. Morrison said he was confident the acquisition would proceed as planned. He noted there was an 18-month review of the feasibility of the arrangement, and quipped: “Good luck.” Macron expressed scepticism to Australian journalists that the Aukus nuclear submarines would arrive on schedule. He said doing otherwise would have elevated French disappointment above Australia’s national interests. Morrison said he understood Macron’s disappointment, but that he did not resile from the decision to abandon the French contract and proceed with the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with the US and UK. He said when the two had dined together at the Élysée Palace, “at that stage we had not concluded any other arrangements with any other parties”. U-Boot-Lied Das U-Boot-Lied U-Bootsfahrer Lied b' immer Treu und Redlichkeit - Melodie - Noten ber abendstille Auen ber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh - Melodie ber allen strahlt die Sonne ber aller Himmel Heere ber Berg und Tal ber den Berg ist mein Liebster gezogen ber den Sternen, da wird es einst tagen - Melodie ber den Wald ber. He said he had told Macron that he had formed the view that conventional submarines would not meet Australia’s strategic interests when the two leaders met in Paris after a G7 summit this year. Morrison denied he had lied to the French president.
0 kommentar(er)
