French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, JuLy 8, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is due on Sunday to inaugurate at a French shipyard work on a new fleet of submarines that will form the centrepiece of Australia’s defence strategy for decades to come.
Australia selected French naval contractor DCNS in April 2016 to build its fleet of 12 submarines, ahead of other offers from Japan and Germany, sealing one of the world's most lucrative defence contracts.
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