Iran Press/ Europe: The US and French presidents moved to mend ties on Wednesday, with France agreeing to send its ambassador back to Washington and the White House acknowledging it erred in brokering a deal for Australia to buy the US instead of French submarines without consulting Paris.
In a joint statement issued after U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone for 30 minutes, the two leaders agreed to launch in-depth consultations to rebuild the damaged trust and to meet in Europe at the end of October.
Biden’s call to Macron was an attempt to mend fences after France accused the United States of stabbing it in the back when Australia ditched a $40-billion contract for conventional French submarines and opted for nuclear-powered submarines to be built with US and British technology instead.
Outraged by the U.S., British and Australian deal, France recalled its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra. 219
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