The head of French diplomacy Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke on Saturday of the “serious crisis” caused by the torpedoing of a mega-contract of French submarines in Canberra, denouncing a “lie (...), a duplicity (.. .), a major breach of confidence ”and“ contempt ”on the part of France's allies.

Asked about France 2, Jean-Yves Le Drian thus justified the recall of the French ambassadors in Canberra and Washington by the fact that "there is a serious crisis between us".

The recall of the French ambassador to London was, however, deemed unnecessary: ​​"we know their permanent opportunism", he quipped a few months after Brexit.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs also ruled that "what has just happened" would weigh on the definition of NATO's new strategic concept, without however evoking any exit from the Atlantic alliance.

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