To get out of the current crisis will require “serious action, not words,” Le Drian said. According to him, France should reconsider relations with Great Britain and cooperation with Australia.
Jean-Yves Le Drian
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There were “months of deception and pretense” on the part of the US stated French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at a meeting of the French Senate Commission on International Affairs.
Earlier, the UK, USA and Australia signed an agreement to create a new format for cooperation AUKUS. For his sake, Australia terminated a contract with France for the supply of 12 nuclear submarines worth $ 66 billion, which led to a diplomatic scandal.
According to Le Drian, relations between Paris and Washington are going through a “serious crisis.”
“He [кризис] is not over just because the dialogue has resumed. It will continue, and in order to get out of it, serious actions will be needed, not words ”, – said minister.
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