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The way out of a diplomatic crisis between France and the US over a mega submarine deal will “take time and require actions”, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his US counterpart Antony Blinken Thursday.
Le Drian’s meeting with Blinken in New York came a day after French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with President Joe Biden in a bid to restore “confidence” between the two allies following a crisis triggered by Australia’s cancellation of a submarine contract with Paris.
Following the phone call, France agreed to return its recalled ambassador to the US. France recalled its ambassadors from the US and Australia last week after the US and Britain signed a nuclear submarine deal with Australia, causing Canberra to scrap a previous multi-billion French-designed submarine deal.
The phone call between Macron and Biden was a “first step” towards repairing relations. But, he noted, “the end of the crisis between our two countries would take time and would require action”, according to a French foreign ministry statement released after the bilateral talk in New York.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and REUTERS)
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