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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Michel Rose

After submarine row, Macron tells Australian PM he wants to focus on future

French President Emmanuel Macron and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver a joint statement at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French President Emmanuel Macron told new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese he wanted to focus on the future as they try to rebuild relations badly strained by his predecessor's decision to ditch a submarine contract with Paris.

Relations between the two Western allies reached a low last October when Australia cancelled a multi-billion dollar French submarine programme and opted for submarines to be built with U.S. and British technology instead.

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