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Associated Press
Rod Mcguirk
Canberra, Australia (AP) — Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albaniji said on Thursday that he would meet with President Emmanuel Macron in France next week to reset the bilateral relations that were damaged when the former Australian government canceled the submarine contract.
Albanese said Macron had invited him to visit France while he was in Europe to attend the NATO summit in Spain.
"Need to reset. There was already a very constructive debate. Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australia in September. France was furious when it announced that it would cancel A $ 90 billion. A $ ($ 62 billion) contract for a French state-owned company to build a fleet of 12 conventional diesel electric submarines.
Instead, Australia had a contract between the United States and the United Kingdom to provide submarines powered by US nuclear technology.
France temporarily ambassadors from the United States and Australia. Resigned. Macron accused Morrison of lying to him about the French contract awarded in 2016. Morrison denied the accusation.
Joe Joe US President Anthony Albanese told Macron a few weeks later that the United States was "clumsy" in dealing with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Biden said Macron thought he was informed long before the deal was announced.
Albany's Labor Party came to power in the May 21 election. His government announced two weeks ago that it had agreed to pay a settlement of € 555 million ($ 583 million) to a French naval group for breaking the contract.
A former Australian government member said the new government had paid a lot.
Albanese pointed out bureaucratic estimates that the termination of the contract was expected to cost A $ 5.5 billion ($ 3.8 billion) before the Senate hearing in April.
He said his administration, with the help of Macron and the French government, reduced its costs to A $ 3.4 billion ($ 2.3 billion).
"It's important that the reset happens. Of course, France is the center of European power, but it's also important in the Pacific and in our own region," Albanese said. rice field.
"This is just one of the reasons why this needs to be a fostered relationship, not hurt. We promise to do that, and next week. The visit is a very specific sign of repairs that have already been made, "Albaneze added.
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