French Ambassador in Canberre Jean-Pierre Temo accused the Australian government in deliberate termination of the contract, writes Guardian.
“Australia thought in advance to fool France with a deal on submarines and did not dissolve it, only to wait for confirmation from the United States and Great Britain,” said Tebo.
According to him, Australia “turned back” to a long history of cooperation with Paris and did not look for alternative behaviors. He claims that some parties to the process “were directly interested in sabotage of public support and understanding” Program for the supply of submarine.
He also responded to a correspondence with Macron promulgated by the Australian side. Tebo noted that this is an unprecedented and unacceptable course.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Australians in lies because of their decision on the cooperation program. The Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, in turn, said that the project was canceled due to delays and increased value, and not due to political reasons.
Note that the relationship between France, Australia and the United States worsened in mid-September this year, when the official Canberra decided to break the contract for submarines worth $ 90 billion with the naval group of France and instead acquired atomic submarines using American technologies .