French President Emmanuel Macron, whose relations with Australia are jerky over the issue of the abandonment of the submarine development plan, will not be able to meet with Prime Minister Morrison over the phone for the first time after the problem to restore trust. , He urged a response, saying that it depends on the concrete actions of the Australian side.
The French presidential office released a statement on the 28th, revealing that President Macron and Prime Minister Morrison had a telephone meeting last month for the first time after Australia unilaterally abandoned the joint development of a submarine with France. Did.
In this, President Macron reiterated that "the relationship of trust between the two countries has been damaged," and "the Australian Government proposes concrete actions as to whether it is possible to fundamentally restore the relationship and cooperate in the Indo-Pacific region. It depends on whether or not we can do it. "
Australia, along with the United States and the United Kingdom, established a new security framework called "AUKUS" and abandoned the joint development of submarines with France as it received the technology of nuclear submarines from the United States. It's jerky.
President Emmanuel Macron had telephone talks with President Biden of the United States and Prime Minister Johnson of the United Kingdom, but he did not respond to the offer from Australia and showed a strict stance, so it was noticed whether this talk would lead to the restoration of relations. increase.