Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States celebrate the first anniversary of the AUKUS

Sep. 24 () –

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States celebrated this Friday the first anniversary of the creation of the AUKUS association –the acronym for each nation in English–, reaffirming their “fundamental” commitment to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific .

The members of this trilateral security corporation have shown their support for an international order that respects Human Rights, the rule of law and the peaceful resolution of conflicts without coercion, on the day that marks the anniversary of their union,” according to expressed in a joint statement.

One of the early goals of AUKUS was to make progress so that Australia could acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines with conventional weapons, all while ensuring “the highest standard of non-proliferation”.

“As leaders, we remain committed to ensuring the highest level of nuclear safety, security and stewardship in this effort. Australia does not seek and will not acquire nuclear weapons,” the three countries detailed in the letter.

“The United States and the United Kingdom are fully committed to establishing an approach to sharing naval nuclear propulsion technology with Australia that meets the highest non-proliferation standard,” they added.

In this sense, AUKUS has welcomed the report by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who has agreed with the association’s commitment.

“The international community can trust that our nations will continue to work transparently with the IAEA to achieve an approach that strengthens the non-proliferation regime,” the three countries have maintained.

All in all, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have been “proud” of a “history of working together, together with other allies and partners”, in order to protect “shared values” and thus maintain “the international order based on rules”.

“Today, as we celebrate the first anniversary of AUKUS, we reaffirm our commitment to this critical effort and to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific,” the association concluded.