Thursday, September 23, 2021

Macron, Biden to meet in Europe in October over submarine row - China.org.cn

French President Emmanuel Macron and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden said they will meet in October in Europe following their phone call on Wednesday over the new trilateral Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security partnership.



The AUKUS deal, which was described as a "stab in the back" by France and sparked outcry across Europe, has raised concerns over nuclear proliferation from the international community as under the deal Australia has scrapped a contract to buy submarines from France in favor of U.S.-made nuclear vessels.

The two presidents "agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners," according to their joint statement...

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