The AUKUS submarine spat that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Australia and France appears to be pardoned but not forgotten. 9News
The two nations jointly announced more aid overnight to Ukraine and France threw its support behind Australia's bid to co-host an upcoming global climate summit but the fracas was not swept under the rug.
And Lecornu said sacrifices made by Australian soldiers helping France in past military conflicts helped to put "recent disagreements" into perspective.
The defence ministers said the two countries would work together to make "thousands" of 155mm artillery shells using French manufacturing and Australian gunpowder. , in partnership with Pacific nations. New Caledonia in the Pacific is a French Territory and less than 1300 kilometres from the Queensland coast.
"French and Australian companies are developing solutions now where again, we'd like to work this interoperability," he said.
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