The leaders of the three "AUKUS" countries issued a joint statement, disclosing the details of the three countries' cooperation in the submarine field.

(European News Agency)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The United States, Britain, and Australia formed the "Australia, Britain, and the United States Tripartite Security Partnership" (AUKUS), with the main goal of sharing nuclear submarine technology and countering China. The leaders of the three countries announced at the San Diego Naval Base in the United States on the 13th The joint statement disclosed the relevant details of the three countries' cooperation in the submarine field.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, US President Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a joint statement.

Biden said that the difficult work of strengthening deterrence and promoting stability will affect peace in the next few decades. The United States cannot find a better partner in the Indo-Pacific region. "We will continue to write our common future here."

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Sunak said the trilateral partnership is strong and mentioned that there will be three submarine fleets working together in the Pacific and Atlantic to keep the seas free for decades to come.

Biden said that the nuclear-powered submarines Australia will acquire will not have any nuclear weapons.

Albanese said that the AUKUS trilateral agreement represents the largest investment in Australia's defense capabilities in history, and it is also the first time in 65 years that the United States has shared nuclear power technology, for which he expressed his gratitude to the United States.

The statement mentioned that according to the agreement between the three countries, the United States intends to sell three Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the 2030s and retain the right to purchase the other two.

The agreement states that U.S. and U.K. submarines will be deployed in Western Australia to assist in the training of Australian crews, with plans to begin deployment as early as 2027.

While the U.S. and U.K. submarines will not carry nuclear weapons, China has protested this in the past, and officials from the three countries have insisted the rotational deployment is in line with the nuclear arms ban treaty.

In addition, the agreement also mentions that the UK and Australia will produce and deploy a new type of submarine "SSN-AUKUS".

Britain will receive its first "SSN-AUKUS" submarine in the late 2030s, while Australia will have to wait until around 2040.

U.S. President Joe Biden (centre), British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Australian Prime Minister Albanese (left) issued a joint statement at the San Diego Naval Base in the United States.

(European News Agency)