Minister plays down American review of AUKUS deal
Defense Minister, the US’s review of an agreement to provide nuclear submarines to Australia is routine.
On Thursday, the Pentagon announced a study of three nation agreements that would give the Australian nuclear submarines to see if the agreement was arranged by President Donald Trump’s “American first” agenda.
However, Defense Minister Richard Marles underestimated the importance of the study by saying it was a standard procedure.
In a statement on Monday, the Prime Minister said, ık When we made the perfect natural investigations, we dealt with the United Kingdom, and of course we went to both the United States and England when we conducted the defense strategic examination and we looked for their views. ”
“It is a very natural process in which we all participate in each other’s investigations.
“We will take care of how Aukus watched in Australia and the Ministry of Defense (US).”
The AUKUS agreement will be brought to the agenda when Prime Minister Anthony Arbanese met with Mr. Trump for one -to -one meeting between the session of the G7 meeting in Canada on Tuesday.
The American investigation urged the federal government to consider an unexpected situation plan in case of submarine agreement.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, one -time coalition, said US investigation is a concern.
Seven, Sunrise program in the statement, “United States’ AUKUS’u ‘we are studying’ as soon as you must have an unexpected situation plan, the alarm bells should be pressed everywhere,” he said.
“We must definitely have an unexpected situation plan, but I didn’t hear any unexpected situation plan.”
Within the scope of the $ 368 billion program, Australia will buy at least three virginia class submarines from the US in the early 2030s.
A new nuclear submarine class will be built in Adelaide, which will be delivered in the 2040s.
Arthur Sinodinos, former Australia’s Ambassador to USA, said he was sure that Aukus will survive.
“Since the first day in the Congress of the Congress, there are too many two -party support for the agreement for both the Republican and the Democrat,” he said to seven networks.
“Trump would see that we’re taking our weight, we’ll spend $ 370 billion.”
When the agreement was declared under Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2021, Sinodinos said that if the United States moved away from the agreement, China would get into the hands of China.
“If we look at any stage, as we have expected, or we are not really determined to do it… The Chinese ‘will say, look at the end of the day, they all paper tigers’.
“The Americans see by building more subs in the region and serving in the region that increases their capacity to do something in the region.
“We don’t need plan B.”
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