Emmanuel Macron's telephone call to Scott Morrison had the precision timing of a torpedo.
News of the conversation broke as the Prime Minister's plane worked its way across Australia, on its way to the G20 Summit in Rome.
It's weeks since Australia sank a $90 billion submarine contract with France but judging by the tone of the conversation — at least according to a read-out from the Élysée Palace — the French President's fury has not cooled.
President Macron told the Prime Minister that "Australia's unilateral decision" to break the contract "broke the relationship of trust between our two countries".
The President says Australia must propose "tangible" actions to "redefine" the bilateral relationship — as well as the two nations' cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Tellingly, given the Prime Minister is already on the defensive over his government's climate change commitments, the President says he encouraged Mr Morrison to adopt emission reduction measures "commensurate with the climate challenge" and cease production and consumption of coal.
This is a deliberate strike by the French President at the PM's carbon credentials on the eve of next week's Glasgow climate talks.
The PM's office says the Prime Minister was pleased to speak to the French President.
But it's already clear that there's a lot of work needed to heal the relationship.
Ninety billion dollars worth of repair, to be precise.
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