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| AUKUS submarine deal shows UK’s readiness to be ‘hard-headed’ in defending own interest, new foreign secretary insists | AUKUS submarine deal shows UK’s readiness to be ‘hard-headed’ in defending own interest, new foreign secretary insists |
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| The US, UK and Australian pact to arm Canberra with nuclear submarines is about delivering for all British people and underscoring the country’s role as a “fierce champion” of freedom, new UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted. | The US, UK and Australian pact to arm Canberra with nuclear submarines is about delivering for all British people and underscoring the country’s role as a “fierce champion” of freedom, new UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted. |
| Truss, who was promoted to foreign secretary after a government reshuffle earlier this month, was trying to justify the need for Britain’s participation in the highly controversial AUKUS agreement in a dedicated article in the Sunday Telegraph. | Truss, who was promoted to foreign secretary after a government reshuffle earlier this month, was trying to justify the need for Britain’s participation in the highly controversial AUKUS agreement in a dedicated article in the Sunday Telegraph. |
| “Freedoms need to be defended, so we are also building strong security ties around the world,” she wrote, explaining the reasoning behind London’s participation in the trilateral deal. | “Freedoms need to be defended, so we are also building strong security ties around the world,” she wrote, explaining the reasoning behind London’s participation in the trilateral deal. |
| According to the pact, announced by the US, UK and Australian leaders on Wednesday, the sides will work together to provide Canberra with a fleet of state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarines, armed with conventional weapons. | According to the pact, announced by the US, UK and Australian leaders on Wednesday, the sides will work together to provide Canberra with a fleet of state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarines, armed with conventional weapons. |
| The new deal led to Australia abandoning an earlier $66 billion contract with France for diesel-electric submarines, causing outrage in Paris, which labelled it a “stab in the back” and recalled its ambassadors for consultation from Canberra and Washington. | The new deal led to Australia abandoning an earlier $66 billion contract with France for diesel-electric submarines, causing outrage in Paris, which labelled it a “stab in the back” and recalled its ambassadors for consultation from Canberra and Washington. |
| AUKUS is seen by some as a tool to limit China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, so Beijing was also critical of the agreement and accused its signatories of having a “Cold War mentality.” | AUKUS is seen by some as a tool to limit China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, so Beijing was also critical of the agreement and accused its signatories of having a “Cold War mentality.” |
| Truss said that London’s participation in the deal was “about more than foreign policy in the abstract, but delivering for people across the UK.” | Truss said that London’s participation in the deal was “about more than foreign policy in the abstract, but delivering for people across the UK.” |
| The pact with the US and Australia “will not just make us safer at home, it could also create hundreds of new and high-skilled jobs, from the shipyards of Govan to the factories of Tyneside,” she claimed. | The pact with the US and Australia “will not just make us safer at home, it could also create hundreds of new and high-skilled jobs, from the shipyards of Govan to the factories of Tyneside,” she claimed. |
| Truss didn’t mention France directly in her article, but it came out hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made diminishing comments about London’s role in the AUKUS initiative. | Truss didn’t mention France directly in her article, but it came out hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made diminishing comments about London’s role in the AUKUS initiative. |
| He explained that Paris recalled its envoys from Washington and Canberra, but not from London, because “we know [the UK’s] constant opportunism, so there’s no use in having our ambassador [in Britain] come to explain that to us.” He also insisted that Britain was “quite the spare tyre” for the pact. | He explained that Paris recalled its envoys from Washington and Canberra, but not from London, because “we know [the UK’s] constant opportunism, so there’s no use in having our ambassador [in Britain] come to explain that to us.” He also insisted that Britain was “quite the spare tyre” for the pact. |
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