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Australian PM says he won't take 'sledging' from France over submarine deal
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he wouldn't "cop sledging" from France as he defended his position over a broken submarine deal that launched a diplomatic crisis.
The comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron accused Morrison of lying to him about scrapping a multi-billion-euro French contract for a pact with the United States and the United Kingdom that would provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
The defence pact, unveiled in September, resulted in France withdrawing its ambassadors in Washington and Canberra.
In response to a question from a journalist in Rome about whether Macron thought Morrison had lied, the French president replied "I don't think, I know."
Macron had emphasised just beforehand
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