Macron, meanwhile, said he would return the ambassador he had recalled from Washington last Friday.Le Drian’s statement echoed the words of Macron’s spokesman Gabriel Attal in the run-up to the presidential call, who said that Paris hoped the US would detail “concrete measures” to restore trust between the two nations.įrance to return ambassador to Washington after Biden’s call to Macron in wake of major military contract snubįoggy Bottom’s account of the meeting with Le Drian, however, made no mention of trust or the breach of relations between the two allies.
Biden agreed that France should not have been left in the dark about “matters of strategic interest” and that “a stronger and more capable European defense” will benefit global security and NATO. Sortir de la crise que nous vivons prendra du temps et requerra des actes.#/dYTpTWevfZ- Jean-Yves Le Drian September 23, 2021Biden reached out to Macron on Wednesday, and the White House and the Elysee Palace issued an identical readout of the call in the aftermath. The French account of the meeting says it took place at France’s permanent mission to the UN – meaning that Blinken came as a guest – and dealt with “the in-depth consultations that the two countries are undertaking with the aim of rebuilding trust.”While the phone call from US President Joe Biden to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron was a “first step” in that process, Le Drian “underlined that resolving the crisis between our two countries would take time and require actions,” his statement said.J’ai rencontré ce matin à New York mon homologue américain pour engager un processus de discussions approfondies entre nos deux pays. He did meet with Blinken on Thursday, however.
He canceled his planned meeting with his British counterpart and said he had no plans to meet with Blinken except in a hallway somewhere, as France threatened to “rethink the concept of alliances and partnerships.”įrance’s Naval Group vows to BILL Australia after ‘unprecedented brutality’ of cancelled $40bn submarine deal
Le Drian had famously called last week’s US announcement of the submarine pact with the UK and Australia a “stab in the back” to France, which lost a major ship-building deal with Canberra as a result. The meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reveals that Paris and Washington are still at odds over the AUKUS submarine deal, much as they’d like to pretend otherwise.
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