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'Prenez un grip', prime minister tells FranceBoris Johnson has said France should get over its anger at a partnership between the UK, US and Australia that saw the latter pull out of a major contract with Paris for submarines.
"What I want to say about that is I just think it's time for some of our dearest friends around the world to prenez un grip [get a grip] about all this and donnez-moi un break [give me a break]," the"This is fundamentally a great step forward for global security. It's three very like-minded allies standing shoulder to shoulder and creating a new partnership for the sharing of technology.
"It's not exclusive, it's not trying to shoulder anybody out. It is not adversarial towards China, for instance. "It is there to intensify links and friendship between three countries in a way that I think will be beneficial for things that we believe in."to develop and deploy nuclear-powered submarines, adding to the Western military presence in the Pacific region amid growing concern over China.
The initiative will focus initially on helping the Australian navy procure a multibillion-pound fleet of nuclear-powered submarines - a move that Beijing will likely see as aggressive.
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