THE’The schedule for this telephone discussion has not been specified.
Emmanuel Macron will meet on Wednesday, September 22, with US President Joe Biden on the transatlantic diplomatic crisis triggered by the submarine crisis, the French government spokesman announced. This telephone discussion, whose schedule has not been communicated, should make it possible to “to clarify the conditions under which this announcement was made and also to clarify the conditions for an American re-engagement in an Allied relationship”, said Gabriel Attal after the Council of Ministers.
the exchange will be held in “the request of the President of the United States”, reminded the Elysee. “We hope that our allies will recognize that the exchanges and consultations that should have taken place were not and that this raises a question of trust from which it is now up to us to draw all the consequences together “, added the Presidency. The French head of state is also waiting “the commitment to this basis of a solid process defined in time and at a high level that allows the creation of the conditions for a re-establishment of confidence in actions and through concrete measures and not just words”.
Paris recalled its ambassadors in Washington and Canberra after Australia announced on Sept. 15 it had canceled a contract for the sale of French submarines. This decision stems from a new strategic alliance between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom (AUKUS), which notably involves the supply of American submarines to Canberra.