White House press secretary Jen Psaki has revealed that US authorities will not back out of the nuclear submarine deal with Australia and the UK, despite displeasure from France
Responding to a question from a journalist who asked if the US was planning to back out of the relevant deal ina light of France’s stance, she said. “No, we have no [such plans]”, – Psaki replied.
Psaki confirmed that US President Joe Biden expects to have a phone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in “the coming days”. “The President [US] in this conversation will reaffirm our commitment to working with one of our longest and closest allies [France] on a whole range of issues facing the global community, and will of course discuss recent developments and our ongoing work together on a number of issues. Of course, [it will be about] our common interests in the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, as well as <…> global challenges and issues,” the White House spokeswoman added.