"The French ambassador will return to Washington tomorrow with a clear negotiating mandate to discuss the terms of the resumption of cooperation," TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that France was recalling its ambassadors to the United States and Australia to Paris for consultations due to the creation of the AUKUS alliance.
On September 16, the UK, US and Australia announced a new AUKUS security partnership centered on the Indo-Pacific.