Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said the country will not develop nuclear weapons and is bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). TASS.
Therefore, Wong commented on Australia’s participation in the AUKUS military alliance and the construction of its own nuclear submarines.
“This is a new opportunity for Australia to strengthen its power. [военный] but we also maintain our absolute commitment to NPT. A nuclear engine is far from being the same as nuclear weapons that Australia is not trying to have,” Wong said.
Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets He is at the Pentagon with his Australian counterpart, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles.
According to the agency, the meeting discussed the union of the United States and Australia. Ministers exchanged views on the upcoming public release of the Australian Strategic Defense Review (DSR) and the AUKUS tripartite partnership.