{"id":11664,"date":"2021-09-23T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11664"},"modified":"2021-09-23T11:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T03:22:40","slug":"australia-says-will-be-patient-on-rebuilding-ties-with-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11664","title":{"rendered":"Australia says will be patient on rebuilding ties with France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SYDNEY, Sept 23 – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far, a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris. Morrison, speaking in Washington on Wednesday, said he would be patient in rebuilding ties with France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington<\/a>, saying it was blindsided by Australia’s decision to build nuclear-powered submarines with the United States and Britain rather than stick with its contract for French diesel submarines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by telephone on Wednesday to smooth relations, and France said its\u00a0ambassador would return to Washington<\/a>\u00a0next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, Morrison, who is in the United States for a series of meetings this week, said he had tried to arrange his own call with the French President but had not yet been successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yes, we have. And the opportunity for that call is not yet. But we’ll be patient,” Morrison said after meeting U.S. lawmakers to discuss the submarine deal and a new security alliance with the United States and Britain dubbed AUKUS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison said he understood France’s disappointment and noted the cancellation of the submarine contract, initially valued at $40 billion and more recently at $60 billion, meaning the issues were different from those between Washington and Paris, and they would take more time to work through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I look forward and when the time is right and when the opportunity presents that we will have a similar discussion,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison said both the deal for Australia to establish a nuclear-powered submarine fleet and the new Australia, UK, U.S. tripartite security alliance (AUKUS) had received bipartisan support during his meetings with U.S. lawmakers and officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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