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Nic Maclellan

16 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read

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Former French Ambassador to the United Nations @GerardAraud highlights the current state of Franco-Anglosphere relations (made worse by the way that post-Brexit UK wants to revive its Empire 2.0 in the colonies). NB role of former PM Tony Abbott as Aust trade envoy to the UK

https://twitter.com/GerardAraud/status/1438252971893141515

On 31 August, Foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Marise Payne and Defence ministers Florence Parly and Peter Dutton held a joint ministerial meeting pledging Indo-Pacific cooperation based on “shared values, interests and principles that underpin the bilateral relationship”

Now the subs: “This decision is contrary to the letter and spirit of the cooperation that prevailed between France and Australia, based on a relationship of political trust as well as on the development of a very high-level defence industrial and technological base in Australia.”

“The American choice to exclude a European ally and partner such as France from a structuring partnership with Australia, at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, …. (continued)

“whether in terms of our values or in terms of respect for multilateralism based on the rule of law, shows a lack of coherence that France can only note and regret.”
au.ambafrance.org/Joint-Statemen…

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