Australian government downplays ‘natural’ decision by Pentagon to review Aukus defence pact
Australia’s defence minister says support for trilateral agreement still strong in Washington as former PM lists reasons to ‘remain confident’
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Defence minister Richard Marles has downplayed the Trump administration’s review into the Aukus submarines program, as has former prime minister Scott Morrison, the architect of the pact.
Marles said it was “natural” that the United States would examine the project but that he believed there was still strong support for the trilateral agreement in Washington DC. Morrison said the review was a departmental process rather than a policy decision, and should not be “over-interpreted”, but that Australia must “make the case” for the deal to survive.
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