According to TASS, this decision was made as a protest against the loss of the contract for the supply of nuclear submarines to Australia, which has entered into an alternative deal with the American side.

The celebration was to take place on Friday, September 17, at the French Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as aboard a French frigate in Baltimore.

But a senior French naval officer, who arrived in Washington to attend the event, announced his early return to Paris.

On September 16, the United States, Britain and Australia agreed on a defense and security partnership - AUKUS.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin commented on plans for military cooperation with Australia.

In turn, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the reaction of Paris to AUKUS and recalled the contracts for the Mistrals.