France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is an ambassador to the United States and Australia following the abolition of the submarine development plan that was being jointly promoted with France as Australia established a new security framework with the United States and other countries. Announced that it has decided to summon.
On the 15th of this month, the United States announced its intention to support the deployment of Australian nuclear submarines by creating a new security framework called "AUKUS" with Australia and the United Kingdom for peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region.
As a result, the submarine development plan jointly promoted by France and Australia was abandoned.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on the 17th that he has decided to summon both French ambassadors to the United States and Australia at the request of President Emmanuel Macron.
"The announcement by Australia and the United States is extremely serious. The summoning of the ambassador is an unusual decision, but it can be justified," said Le Drian in a statement. It's an unacceptable behavior among our partners. "