France accuses Australia of sinking to 'new low' in submarine scandalAmbassador Jean-Pierre Thebault said leaking his president’s text to Australian media was an “unprecedented new low” in the two nations’ long-running row over Canberra’s cancellation of a submarine deal with Paris in favor of an alliance with the US and Britain.
“Doing so… sends a very worrying signal for all heads of state: beware, in Australia there will be leaks,” Thebault said.
Following Thebault’s speech, Morrison commented by saying, “Claims were made, and claims were refuted.” It is time to end the split, he told reporters in the UAE, en route from global meetings. Morrison has denied lying previously, insisting at a separate press meeting that he had openly told Macron that conventional submarines offered by France do not meet Australia’s needs.
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