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Boris Johnson told MPs on Thursday that the UK's military relationship with France is "rock solid" and insisted "we stand shoulder to shoulder with the French" despite the row. The Prime Minister met with his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, and US President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Cornwall in June. Downing Street confirmed that the three leaders discussed the subs at the meeting. The Prime Minister's official spokesman added: "I wouldn't say there was one single meeting that did it, this has been something that has been an undertaking of several months, it's a culmination of that work." Mr Morrison told a press conference it was undecided if Australia would purchase British-built BAE Systems Astute class submarines or the Virginia class vessels constructed in the US. But Mr Johnson said during a Commons statement on Aukus he expects the deal will bring "hundreds of high-skilled, high-wage jobs" to the UK.

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