Original title: The United States and Britain grab French orders to help Australia build nuclear submarines, exposing “plastic brotherhood” by Western allies Source: CCTV News Client
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Under the leadership of the United States, the United States, Britain and Australia announced on the 15th the establishment of a so-called “new trilateral security partnership.” The United States and Britain will support the Australian Navy in establishing a nuclear submarine force, and Australia will cooperate with the United States and Britain to build nuclear submarines. Australia also tore up the tens of billions of dollars of submarine orders signed with the French Navy Group. This move aroused the anger of France.
The media said that the French side canceled the French-British defense ministers meeting
On the 17th, it was decided to recall the universities in the United States and Australia.After the envoy, a number of media reported on the 19th, citing sources, that the French side also cancelled the French-British defense ministers meeting originally scheduled to be held this week.
According to reports, the British Secretary of Defense Wallace and French Defense Minister Parley originally planned to meet in London this week. A number of senior military officers from the two countries will also attend, but the meeting was cancelled by the French side.
However, the French Ministry of Defence has not commented on this report, and the British Ministry of Defence also refused to respond. At the same time, French government spokesman Attar said that French President Macron will talk to US President Biden to “discuss arguments.”
“Plastic Brotherhood” of Western Allies: Calculating Face to Face
According to the British “The Times” and many other foreign media outlets, this cooperation plan between the United States, Britain and Australia has been planned for a long time, but France, as their ally, has been kept in the dark. Remember sap. In the face of interests, the “plastic brotherhood” between the Western camps is fully exposed.
The British “Times” reported that as early as in a meeting in March this year, the Australian Navy Commander Michael Noonan asked the British First Secretary of the Sea Tony Radakine whether the United Kingdom and the United States could help Australia build a nuclear submarine force.
Soon, the British government launched a top-secret plan codenamed “Operation No Hook”. Only ten people including Prime Minister Johnson, Secretary of Defense Wallace, First Secretary of the Navy Radhakin and then Foreign Secretary Rab participated. “The Times” described it as the most closely guarded secret matter of the British government in many years.
When the time came to June, while the G7 summit was held in the UK, US President Biden, British Prime Minister Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Morrison had a secret discussion on cooperation matters and finalized some details. French President Macron who also participated in the meeting was about this. Know nothing. Morrison visited France after the summit and did not mention this when he met with Macron.
Jean-Pierre Tabor, French Ambassador to Australia:The President and we have never been told in any form that this project is undergoing such a huge change, and no one has given us such a hint.
ABC reporter:How did you know that the submarine contract was cancelled?
Jean-Pierre Tabor, French Ambassador to Australia:Like everyone, I learned about it through media reports.
ABC reporter:Do you know when the French president discovered it?
Jean-Pierre Tabor, French Ambassador to Australia:The President was also notified after the news reached the media.
The New York Times of the United States also broke the news that shortly after Biden assumed office at the beginning of this year, Australia contacted the new US government and stated that it would abandon its submarine contract with France and seek cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States. The United States also chose to deal with France. hide.
Australia’s “Sydney Morning Herald” quoted the French ambassador to Australia, Tebo, to advance the timeline significantly, saying that this matter may have been brewing for a full 18 months, and France has been deliberately deceived.
The United States, Britain and Australia “stabbed” France was “injured”
This wave of operations by the United States, Britain and Australia caught France off guard, and France was angry and recalled its ambassador. In the field of diplomacy, the recall of ambassadors is usually a last resort method used by countries after a crisis or even a crisis. This situation is very rare among allies. The US and Australia hurt France deeply.
French National Assembly member Jean-Luc Méranchon, who has ran for president twice, believes that France needs to stop indulging in fantasies and withdraw from NATO to prevent the United States from planning to open a NATO space security center in Toulouse.
The French “Echo” commented that the United States, Britain and Australia gave France a “slap in the face.” Europeans have long imagined that the United States will treat Europe well, but the submarine incident has made France see clearly. Biden only sees Washington’s economic and commercial interests. In June of this year, the United States forced Switzerland to abandon the French Rafale fighter planes and purchase American F-35A fighter planes. Now the United States is bullying France again.
The French “Le Figaro” article pointed out that the “slap” that the United States gave to France proved that Europe must seek strategic autonomy, and this diplomatic crisis may be as long as the French-American diplomatic crisis that occurred due to the Iraq war.
This cartoon shows how the United States, Britain and Australia have long known the impact on France. In the cartoon, US President Biden vaccinated Australian Prime Minister Morrison. Johnson said afterwards: “You need to observe here for 15 minutes, and France will have a strong reaction immediately.”
Nuclear exports become a game tool, many countries worry about the risk of nuclear proliferation
Public opinion in many countries including North Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore all condemned and worried about the nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, believing that this would seriously undermine regional peace and stability, intensify the arms race, and undermine international nuclear non-proliferation efforts.
Australia, as a non-nuclear-weapon signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and a signatory to the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty, has introduced nuclear submarine technology with strategic military value. The international community, including neighboring countries, has reason to question Australia’s adherence to nuclear non-proliferation. The sincerity of the promise.
(Edit Xiang Dan)
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