France did not expect Australia to do this to her. Paris has discovered something new. This was stated by Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov, commenting on recent events.
We will remind, Canberra tore up the contract concluded with France for the construction of submarines and announced the creation of a new military bloc, which, in addition to Australia, will include the United Kingdom and the United States. The alliance was named AUKUS.
The French Foreign Ministry announced a serious crisis in relations between Paris, the United States and Australia. “For the first time in history, we are recalling our ambassador for consultations,” stressed the head of the foreign ministry Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Meanwhile, Pushkov draws attention to an interesting detail: when Democrat Joe Biden became president of the United States, many European politicians hoped that he would behave differently from his predecessor Donald Trump. In Paris, they thought that transatlantic relations would return to the good old days.
“They will not return: times are different, the United States is different, they have different tasks and priorities in a changed world,” the senator wrote in his Telegram channel.
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