Today, the leaders of the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS)
partnership – Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom, and
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States – assessed
progress under AUKUS.
We reaffirmed our commitment to AUKUS and to a free and
open Indo-Pacific. In light of Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified,
and unlawful invasion of Ukraine, we reiterated
our unwavering commitment to an international
system that respects human rights, the rule of
law, and the peaceful resolution of disputes free from
coercion.
We are pleased with the progress in our trilateral programme for
Australia to establish a conventionally armed,
nuclear‑powered submarine capability. We are fully
committed to establishing a robust approach to sharing naval
propulsion technology with Australia that strengthens the global
non-proliferation regime.
We also committed today to commence new trilateral cooperation
on hypersonics and counter-hypersonics, and electronic
warfare capabilities, as well as to expand information sharing
and to deepen cooperation on defence innovation. These
initiatives will add to our existing efforts to deepen
cooperation on cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence,
quantum technologies, and additional undersea capabilities. As
our work progresses on these and other critical defense and
security capabilities, we will seek opportunities to engage
allies and close partners.
