According to information published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on June 16, 2021, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns Macron concerning the Attack-class submarine program raised his dissatisfaction. The French President Emmanuel Macron assured Australia of commitment to the submarine deal during his meeting with the Prime Minister and guaranteed the respect of the time limit.
Scott Morrison thanks France for the ARC 21 exercise in Indo-Pacific in May earlier.
In Mars 2021, we wrote about the risk of Australian renouncement concerning the deal and about the travel of the Naval Group's CEO, Pierre Eric Pommelet, in Australia to save the agreement.
The Attack-class submarine (based on a conventional version of the Barracuda SSN or Suffren-class) is a future class of submarines for the Royal Australian Navy based on the Shortfin Barracuda proposal by French shipbuilder Naval Group (formerly known as DCNS) to replace the Collins-class submarines....MORE
