Blinken Says No Reciprocal Requirements With Partners In AUKUS Defense Pact
Umer Jamshaid Published September 17, 2021 | 12:20 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th September, 2021) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday the United States does not require any reciprocal actions from its partners in the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) defense agreement.
"From my perspective, there are no follow-on reciprocal requirements of any kind," Blinken said during a press conference alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their Australian counterparts.
"This is a partnership, this is a cooperative agreement with us, with Australia, with the United Kingdom."
The United States will deliver a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia as part of the agreement to increase collaboration efforts in the Indo-Pacific region, a thinly veiled bid to counter China.
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