between america, australia and the uk while sidelining france from a deal to sell submarines to australia. they were worth thousands of euros. that enraged paris and led to some frantic diplomacy to smooth things over, and president biden now says things could have been done a little bit better. what happened was to lose that an english race. what we did was clumsy. it was not done with a lot of grace. i was under the impression certain things that happened, but the friends is an extremely valuable partner france. the friends is an extremely valuable partner france. partner france. france with the us because partner france. france with the us because my partner france. france with the us because my first partner france. france with the us because my first ally partner france. france with the us because my first ally during - partner france. france with the| us because my first ally during the through revolutionary war. here sjon sopel again.
president biden met his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. relations between the us and france had been strained by what s known as the aukus deal, which brought closer military co operation between america, australia and the uk while sidelining france from a deal to sell submarines to australia. that enraged paris and led to some frantic diplomacy to smooth things over. and president biden now says things could have been done a little bit better. what happened was, to use an english phrase, what we did was clumsy. it wasn t done with a lot of grace. i was under the impression that certain things had happened that hadn t happened. but i want to make it clear, france is an extremely, extremely valued partner. here sjon sopel again. well, i think the french would want to move on from it, although they were clearly furious.