Paris strongly condemned the launch of the United States, Britain and Australia, yesterday, Wednesday, a security partnership in the Indian and Pacific region that includes the abolition of Australia a submarine deal with France and described it as a back stab, for its part, China criticized what it called the "Cold War mentality" and demanded the three countries to move away from ideological bias.
Under this new partnership called "Okos", the United States will provide Australia with technology and capabilities that enable it to publish nuclear powered submarines.
French Foreign Minister Jean -Yves Ludryan described Australia's annulment contract to buy submarines with his country as stabbing in the back, as he put it..
Laudrian added in statements to "France Info" radio that France is betrayal, anger and bitterness because Australia cancels the deal, and a partnership with the United States and Britain, according to which you will get nuclear powered submarines..Minister Canberra called for clarifying her decision.
And the Minister of French armies, Florence Barley, considered that the annulment of Australia is a huge contract to buy traditional submarines from her country, and it constitutes a very bad news for respect for the given word.
"France is disturbing and angry at the abolition of its deal with Australia, and it will not stop there, and it will ask for clarifications from the United States and Australia," said the island correspondent in Paris Bouziane..
He added that there is a great French disappointment, as officials believe that there is an attempt to marginalize its role by the United States and Britain, despite the presence of French islands in the Pacific region.
Defense initiative
"This defensive partnership comes in light of the growing Chinese influence in the region," said senior US administration officials..
US President Joe Biden said that the defense initiative with Britain and Australia will enable these countries to obtain the latest capabilities of maneuver and repel rapid threats, and will also enable them to maintain and expand their military capabilities.
He added that this initiative "seeks to have the latest capabilities that we need to maneuver and repel rapid threats, as well as our seas, our scholars and our industries to preserve and expand our military capabilities".
According to Al -Jazeera correspondent in Washington, Mohamed Al -Alami, this agreement can be considered the first actual inauguration of a cold war on the Asian continent..
He added that President Biden begins practically in the implementation of one of the important steps with the strategy of transferring American attention from the Middle East and the Atlantic Ocean to Al -Hadi, in an attempt to curb Beijing, which claims its unilateral sovereignty over large parts of the southern Sea of China.
The correspondent pointed out that the White House will host next week the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, in an effort to enhance cooperation to address China's growing influence in the Pacific region.
For his part, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the launch of a tripartite defensive partnership with the United States and Australia aims to work alongside to maintain security and stability in the area of the Indian and Hadi surroundings..
He added that the first task of this partnership will be to help Australia to obtain nuclear powered submarines, while emphasizing that these submarines will be operated by nuclear reactors, and not with nuclear weapons "and this will be perfectly in line with our obligations that nuclear weapons are not spread".
British Defense Minister Ben Wallet denied that there is any strategic dispute with France after the submarine deal with Australia, stressing that the deal is not a cold war with China.
Nuclear ambition
In turn, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that his country had copied a huge contract with France in 2016, to buy traditional submarines, because it prefers to build with the help of the United States and Britain, nuclear payment submarines.
Morrison added that his country does not seek to possess nuclear weapons or create a civilian nuclear capacity, and will continue its obligations that nuclear weapons are not spread.
He also said that Australia will also get US Tomahawk Cruise missiles.
In the same context, the Australian Prime Minister, on Thursday, sent Chinese President Xi Jinping a "open invitation" for the dialogue.
Morrison confirmed his willingness to hold talks with X.
Condemnation
For his part, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lee Jian said that the submarine deal between Australia, the United States and Britain is harmful to international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
The Chinese official added that Washington, Canberra and London destroy peace and regional stability in this deal.
He stressed that Australia obtaining the technology of American nuclear submarines should not harm a third party or another country.
In turn, the Chinese embassy in Washington said that the United States, Britain and Australia must "get rid of the mentality of the Cold War and ideological bias"..
Embassy spokesman Leo Benjio stressed that these countries "should not constitute exclusionary blocs targeting or harming other interests.The most important thing to do is get rid of the mentality of the Cold War and the ideological bias..