Today, Paris recalled its ambassadors to the USA and Australia for consultations due to the "extreme seriousness" of the announcement of the strategic partnership between America, Great Britain and Australia, the first consequence of which was Australia's termination of a major contract for the procurement of submarines from France, announced French Foreign Minister Jean -Yves Le Drian.
"At the request of the president of the state, I decided to immediately recall our two ambassadors to the USA and Australia for consultations in Paris. That extraordinary decision is justified by the extreme seriousness of the announcements made by Australia and the USA on September 15, he said in a statement.
It is the first time that such a decision has been made for those two countries, especially the US, a historic ally of France since the War of Independence.
The US, Great Britain and Australia on Wednesday announced the conclusion of a security partnership in the Asia-Pacific region, the first consequence of which was that Australia terminated a contract for the supply of conventional submarines from France worth tens of billions of euros in favor of nuclear submarines. powered by USA.
This caused anger in Paris towards the US and Australia.
Le Drian said it was "unacceptable behavior between allies and partners".
The French minister said yesterday that it was a "stab in the back" on the part of Australia and a "brutal" teaching of US President Joe Biden.
France also canceled a gala evening scheduled for tonight to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Chesapeake Bay, decisive in the American Revolutionary War, which ended with the victory of the French fleet over the British fleet on September 5, 1781.
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