Defence Minister Richard Marles is confident the AUKUS alliance will be an “enduring arrangement” based on Australia’s past record in working together with the United States.
Mr Marles said he is not worried about a future US president potentially “tearing up” the AUKUS agreement.
“Our American counterparts are busily working with members of the American Congress in respect of it, in the House and in the Senate, and that’s across the political spectrum,” he said during a media conference on Tuesday. “And across the political spectrum, there is complete support for the relationship with Australia and the AUKUS arrangement.”
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