Australia’s Albanese says he will press AUKUS, Indo Pacific security in Trump meeting
Kirsty Needham
Sydney (Reuters) -Avustralya, England and the United States of the United States, the increase in the number of nuclear powerful submarines, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Arbanese said on Monday, making the Indian Pacific more secure and will cause the US interests.
Albanian, US President Donald Trump for the first time on Tuesday in Calgary’de G7 meeting, Tariffs and Washington’s Aukus Treaty of the Nuclear submarines of Australia to transfer the memory to meet the memory to meet.
“Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of the United States to have all the nuclear -energy submarines of the United States, is something that will make the Indian Pacific region safer.”
“This is in the interests of the United States.”
Albania, Australia’s US submarine fleet under the US under Aukus, the US submarine fleet in the Australia maintenance gardens and Australia’s northern city of Darwin’deki access to the US industrial capacity to emphasize the US industrial support, he said.
Australia was a reliable US partner in the Pacific region to promote peace and security.
Albania rejected the request of the United States to increase the defense expenditures from 2% to 2% to 3.5%, and instead, he said he would spend what is necessary for Australia’s defense capability.
Approximately 10% of Australia’s steel and aluminum is exported to the United States, and Albania, Trump’s Australia’s “economic self -harm action” will bring the issue of tariffs in the sector, he said.
“Exports are still going there, they pay more for them more,” he said to journalists. He said.
The Albanians met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday and said that Canada discussed Aukus’s interest in participating in the secondary column to develop the second defense technology.
Albanian, Australia, a long -term ally with common values, including Canada, including want to increase defense relations, he said.
“What people are looking for in an uncertain world is certainly such partners, Australia and Canada.” He said.
Albania will also talk about a proposed defense agreement with the EU and will make progress in the EU Free Trade meeting.
An annual survey conducted by Lowy Institute Think-Bank, published on Monday, showed a public feeling against the United States in Australia, and 36 percent of the people who participated in the survey said that they trusted to act responsible for the US. The questionnaire showed that two -thirds of the participants support Aukus.
(Reporting Kirsty Needham in Sydney)
