According to South Korea's "Asian Economy" recently reported, on the issue of Australia's cancellation of the nuclear submarine contract with France, French Ambassador to South Korea LeFort held a press conference for about an hour at the French Embassy in Seoul, expressing the position of the French government, saying that "the development of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers does not require American technology" and hinting that France will carry out defense cooperation with South Korea. (September 24, Overseas Network)
After France was disappointed with the United States, it actually started the idea of South Korea, and South Korea must be careful.
First of all, South Korea should understand that the reason why Australia broke the treaty with France shows that France's nuclear submarine technology is flawed or even problematic. LeFort's claim that "France is the most developed country in the field of related technologies" is both an exaggeration and an idea to fight South Korea. LeFort said that "France and the United States are the only countries with all the technology related to nuclear submarines", the purpose is self-evident, that is, he hopes that France's loss in Australia will be compensated by South Korea. Although South Korea also wants to acquire nuclear submarines, it must be extra careful with Lefort's royal wife selling melons and boasting about herself.
Second, South Korea must know that France is a country that bullies the soft and fears the hard. The United States, Britain, and Australia stabbed France in the back, and at first France's attitude was very tough, not only recalling the ambassador, but also refusing to attend the relevant meetings and canceling the meetings that had been agreed upon. However, in the face of a powerful United States, a phone call from US President Biden made French President Emmanuel Macron admit it and decided to let the French ambassador to the United States return to France next week. For the relatively weak Australia, France's attitude is completely different - Australian Prime Minister Morrison said that he did not make many phone calls to Macron, which shows France's arrogance towards Australia. If South Korea wants to cooperate with France's nuclear submarines, it must think about whether it is stronger or weaker than France, and whether it belongs to the United States or Australia. If you don't think about this problem, it is better not to cooperate, once you get on the French thief ship, South Korea can only eat and walk.
In addition, the formation of a small alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has been strongly condemned by the international community. On the surface, Australia benefits, but in fact Australia is in a more insecure situation. If South Korea buys French nuclear submarines, in the same way, France and South Korea have violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and South Korea will also be in a more insecure situation.
At present, France is insulted by the United States, Britain and Australia, and is eager to regain face and dignity, so it has started the idea of South Korea. At this time, South Korea should not hold the psychology of pinching soft persimmons, but should be more cautious and cautious, weighing the pros and cons to deal with whether to cooperate with France. Good goods are not cheap, cheap is not good goods, if South Korea is also as sick as France at this time, then suffering after that is South Korea's own suffering. (Mao Kaiyun)