Australia has “absolutely” not vowed to support the US in a conflict over Taiwan in return for US Virginia-class submarines, Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. | Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles attends a joint news conference with France’s Foreign and Defense ministers at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
SYDNEY — Australia has “absolutely” not vowed to support the US in a conflict over Taiwan in return for US Virginia-class submarines, Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. Australia, the US and Britain this week unveiled the multi-decade AUKUS project in which Australia will buy the US military submarines before joint British and Australian production and operation of a new submarine class, SSN-AUKUS.Australia’s center-left Labor government believes the A$368 billion deal is necessary given Chinese military buildup in the region, which it has labelled the largest since World War Two.
Asked on ABC television if, in return for access to the US military submarines, Australia had given the US any commitment to help during a conflict over Taiwan, Marles said: “Of course not, and nor was one sought”.
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