On June 11, local time, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at a press conference that a compensation agreement of 830 million Australian dollars had been reached with France, and that this would help improve the current Australia-France relationship.
Previously, the government of former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had unilaterally defaulted on canceling the purchase of French submarines.
In September 2021, the United States, Britain and Australia announced the establishment of a trilateral security partnership. The United States and Britain will also cooperate with Australia to help Australia build nuclear submarines.
The Morrison government of Australia immediately announced that it had suspended a supply contract worth tens of billions of dollars previously signed with France to purchase 12 conventional submarines.
This has led to high tensions between Australia and France.
(produced by Le Xiaomin)
Responsible editor: [Liu Xingchen]