法国特使称澳大利亚取消潜艇交易是个巨大错误

Australia has made a "huge" diplomatic error by ditching an order for French submarines in favor of an alternative deal with the United States and Britain, France’s envoy to Canberra said on Saturday. Canberra announced on Thursday it would scrap its 2016 deal with France to build a fleet of conventional submarines and instead build at least eight nuclear-powered ones with U.S. and British technology. The move caused fury in France, prompting it to recall its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra, and also riled China.

法国驻堪培拉特使周六表示，澳大利亚放弃了法国潜艇的订单，转而选择与美国和英国的替代交易，这是一个“巨大的”外交错误。堪培拉周四宣布，它将取消2016年与法国达成的建造一支常规潜艇舰队的协议，转而利用美国和英国的技术建造至少8艘核动力潜艇。此举引起了法国的愤怒，促使其召回驻华盛顿和堪培拉的大使，同时也激怒了中国。