- I-Australia ikhansele isivumelwano se-S $ 90-billion semikhumbi-ngwenya eminingi neFrance ngenxa yesivumelwano esenziwe ne-USA.
- IFrance ikhumbule amanxusa ayo aqhamuka e-Australia naseMelika ngoLwesihlanu ephendula lokho ekuchaze “njengokuziphatha okungamukeleki phakathi kozakwethu nabalingani”.
- I-Subway izishaye isifuba ngokuthi inezinsiza "ezingezona ezenuzi" ezazingabizi "$ 90 billion".
Ngokuhlekisa ngenkani ngenkontileka yangaphansi kwemikhumbi-ngwenya yaseFrance neyase-Australia kuleli sonto, iSwayway yokudla okusheshayo yase-US ikhiphe umkhangiso oklolodayo ngamasemishi ayo, izishaya isifuba ngokuthi inezinsizakusebenza “ezingezona ezenuzi” “ezingabizi $ 90 billion”.
Isinqumo sase-Australia sokusula i-AUS $ 90 billion yamabhomu amaningi omkhumbi-ngwenya neFrance senze ikhasi eligcwele Subway Isikhangiso esishicilelwe ephephandabeni i-The Age namuhla, sibamba izindleko zokuqothuka kwemikhumbi-ngwenya yase-Australia neFrance, ngaphambi kokuthi iCanberra ihoxe ekutholeni imikhumbi-ngwenya esebenzisa amandla enuzi evela e-United States.
Yize abasebenzisi abaningi bezinkundla zokuxhumana bethole lesi sikhangiso sihlakaniphile futhi sihlekisa, abanye bakuthole "kuyisinengiso" futhi kungahloniphi.
Omunye umsebenzisi uze wasolwa SubwayIsikhangiso “sokuhlubuka” “sokusebenzisa [umqondo] wokufa kwabantu abaningi ukuthengisa ukudla okulula,” uma kubhekwa ukuthi iChina, i-Australia kanye ne-US babukeka besondele kangakanani empini.
IFrance ikhumbule inxusa layos abavela e-Australia nase-US ngoLwesihlanu bephendula lokho okuchazwe “njengokuziphatha okungamukeleki phakathi kwabahlanganyeli nabalingani” ngenxa yesivumelwano se-AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States).
UMengameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel Macron kubikwa ukuthi waziswe kuphela ngesinqumo sase-Australia sokuhoxa esivumelwaneni semikhumbi yamazwe amabili yango-2016 ngokushesha ngaphambi kokuba izindaba zivele emphakathini.
UJean-Yves Le Drian, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle waseFrance, ubize lesi sinqumo ngokuthi “hlaba emhlane, ”Exwayisa ukuthi“ imiphumela yayo ethinta umqondo esinawo wezivumelwano zethu, ukusebenzisana kwethu nokubaluleka kwe-Indo-Pacific eYurophu. ”
I-Australia ithethelele ukuhoxa kwayo esivumelwaneni neFrance ngokumangalela ukuthi izindleko seziphakeme kunalokho obekulindelwe ekuqaleni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Australia’s decision to cancel a AUS$90-billion multi-submarine order with France prompted a full-page Subway advertisement published in The Age newspaper today, taking a dig at the bloated cost of Australia’s submarine deal with France, before Canberra backed out in favor of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines from the United States.
- France recalled its ambassadors from both Australia and the US on Friday in response to what it described as “unacceptable behavior between allies and partners” as a result of the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) deal.
- Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, called the decision a “stab in the back,” warning that “the consequences of which affect the very conception that we have of our alliances, our partnerships and the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe.
