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Ethiopia, economically weak, politically eminent, a global power

Post by DefendTheTruth » 19 Sep 2021, 05:19

Economically (and also militarily) France is one of the superpowers of the world of today. Its eminence of geopolitical importance was subdued recently as its close ally, in its own words, "stabbed it on the back" and made it cancel a 90 $ billion (arms-)deal, In 2016, Australia had signed a contract to buy 12 Attack-class submarines from the French shipbuilder Naval Group worth nearly $ 90 billion.. This was as a consequence of the creation of the so called AUKUS Security Pact between the Anglo-Saxon countries of Australia, United Kingdem and United States, excluding the Fracophone country out, despite of the important national security interest of the latter in the area that the AUKUS attempts to cover, notably the Indo-Pacific region of the world.

This strategic partnership was based on a common analysis of the dangers weighing on the Indo-Pacific with an increasingly aggressive China in the maritime domain. This shared vision, which reflects France’s commitment in Asia, had been developed since 2016 around the supply of 12 French conventional submarines to Australia – at the time, the Australians rejected any idea of nuclear propulsion – but went far beyond that sole industrial interest.
AUKUS and Submarines: The Fallout for France



This was before 3 months, in September, 3 months latter the image looks totally different:
"At the request of the President of the Republic, I have decided to immediately recall our two ambassadors to the United States and Australia to Paris for consultations,” the foreign minister said. “This exceptional decision is justified by the exceptional gravity of the announcements made on 15 September by Australia and the United States.”
In the meanwhile Ethiopia is having its big laugh at the drama on the stage here. French President Macron boasted about his country's military cooperation of few hundreds million $
“We are here in a friendly country where we want to strengthen and build a new page in our common history,” Macron said. “Since you became prime minister our vision (of Ethiopia) has profoundly changed.”
Ethiopia, France sign military, navy deal, turn 'new page' in ties, which it then claimed to have cancelled/suspended, allegedly because of failing to meddle itself in the internal issues of the country, in which it couldn't meddle in a better way other than cancelling/suspending a relatively low business deal.

France suspends military cooperation deal with Ethiopia


Allegedly this deal with Ethiopia was worth of 100 million dollars, while that of Australian-French deal, which has now been also cancelled is worth of 90 billion $.

That is why Ethiopia should have its big laugh now, God protects Ethiopia!