Joe Biden has offered an olive branch to French president Emmanuel Macron to soothe tensions that erupted over France’s exclusion from a new trilateral security pact that deprived Paris of a long-planned submarine deal.
In a joint statement issued after a call between the two leaders, Biden appeared to concede that Paris had been left out of discussions between the US, Australia and the UK that led to a new deal for nuclear-powered submarines.
“The two leaders agreed that the situation would have benefited from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners,” they said. “President Biden conveyed his ongoing commitment in that regard.”
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