Monday, 17 March 2025 () Australia has made an unexpected request to hold talks with Paris regarding potential French involvement in building Australian submarines – should the scale of the AUKUS mega-contract be reduced. However, some advisors to the French government and executives at the French state-owned shipbuilder Naval Group have been more cautious about the matter. The AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the US, and the UK, signed in September 2021 without France’s knowledge, aims to provide the Australian Navy with five next-generation submarines, including three US Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, along with advanced telecommunications, intelligence, and AI systems. If Australia’s “exploratory discussions” with France bear fruit, it would mark a remarkable turnaround for the French, who suffered a major diplomatic humiliation in 2021 when their own bilateral submarine deal with Australia was abruptly canceled. Discreet Talks in Paris An Australian delegation, visiting Paris on March 11, initiated new discussions while seeking to keep them as confidential as possible. Led by Canberra’s military representative to NATO and the EU, Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton, the delegation held bilateral talks with the French General Staff in Paris. They also attended a major conference convened by French President Emmanuel Macron on the same day, which brought together 30 chiefs of staff from nations supporting Ukraine.
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