British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expects Australia to prefer British nuclear submarines to American submarines. It has been reported Guard.
The publication states that Sunak will go to the USA on March 13 to meet with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden.
It is assumed at the meeting that the Australian side will announce which submarines it will buy under the AUKUS defense pact.
Australia is faced with a choice between a British and American project based on existing Astute or Virginia class submarines. According to an unnamed minister, Sunak told his government colleagues he was satisfied with the outcome of 1.5 years of negotiations.
According to a source, the deal is turning in Britain’s favour, and Altar “was overjoyed, smiling and jumping when he told the ministers about it.”
Earlier, Reuters quoted US-led sources as Australia’s plans As part of the AUKUS project, purchase up to five Virginia nuclear submarines from the United States.