Australia, UK show united front despite US subs review
Despite the review of the agreement by the US government, the Australia and the United Kingdom have been confident in the Nuclear submarine agreement, because both nations tried to eliminate concerns that the agreement was threatened.
Founded between Australia, England and the United States in 2021, Aukus was designed to ensure that Australia’s nuclear -energy attack submarines in the 2040s to address common concerns about China’s rising military ambition.
However, the Trump administration has increased doubts about the future of the program of $ 368 billion ($ 560 billion) after starting a review of the agreement to examine whether it meets the “American first” criteria.
Defense Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and British colleagues John Healey and David Lammy, together with the United States, Australia and Britain’s commitments to strengthen a five -year bilateral agreement, he said.
“We continue to work… We continue to work on Friday to journalists in Sydney.
“Australia (continues to make our financial contributions to this industrial base (continues), this year we made two contributions of $ 500 million (A760 million).”
A Australian-UK agreement will be signed in Geelong on Saturday and will allow “comprehensive cooperation için to the design, construction, operation, maintenance and disposal of Aukus submarines.
It will also support the development of personnel, labor, infrastructure and regulatory systems for Australia’s nuclear energy submarine program.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy said the agreement showed the power of Australia and the British commitment to Aukus.
“It is clear that the UK-Australian relationship is an anchor in a very variable world, a relationship that keeps stability in problematic waters and whatever paths of geopolitical winds are blowing,” he said.
British Defense Secretary John Healey said that Britain was sure that Britain could fulfill their obligations under the agreement to deliver the SSN-AUKUS submarines and did not break by the US investigation.
“Australia and the UK welcomes the review because we see it as the chance to renew the commitment of a new administration to AUKUS, and this is what we expect.”
Australia will pay $ 5 billion to support and produce nuclear reactors to strengthen future Aukus submarines.
Australia will buy at least three virginia -class nuclear energy submarines from the US in the early 2030s.
On Sunday, ministers will visit Darwin to observe common military exercises known as Talisman Sabre, which constitutes more than 30,000 personnel than 19 militants.
The 2025 War Games include the British carrier strike group, ruled by the flagship of the Royal Navy HMS Wales, the first British carrier strike group to visit Australia since 1997.
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