Joe Biden wants to 'talk to Prime Minister Kishida about the option for trilateral exercises with Australia, US and Japan'. 9News
Australia could join the US and Japan in military exercises, according to a senior White House official.
Kirby said Biden recognised "the threats and challenges posed by a more assertive, more aggressive China in the Indo Pacific", but insisted China is also "trying to expand their influence in South America and in Africa". Kirby said the Biden administration wants to have better cooperation with Beijing on climate change and military to military communications.
"Right now the focus on AUKUS is the US, United Kingdom and Australia really focussed specifically on the nuclear-powered submarine capability that we want to move forward with Australia." After details of the letter were reported, Reed issued support for AUKUS on Twitter and a bipartisan group of US politicians wrote to Biden expressing their support for the pact between Australia, the US and the United Kingdom.
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