'There's no easy way of having these conversations and it's a very human thing to delay the frank conversation until the last possible moment,' Mr Johnson says. 'I don't know if anyone's been in that situation in anybody's emotional life, but it's very human to put it off.'
Mr Johnson stressed the AUKUS pact, which has resulted in France losing out on a major submarine contract with Australia, was"not meant to be exclusive or crowding out anybody".
Yet he appeared to rule out allowing France to join the three-country pact in order to calm the row, and Mr Johnson also told reporters there could be scope to extend cooperation beyond submarines.Sub deal is about 'engagement' and 'deterrence' In a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Mr Macron, the two leaders were said to have acknowledged that"the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners".
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