Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact, after French President Emmanuel Macron voiced concerns about the plan ahead of the APEC summit in Bangkok.
“It shouldn’t be of any surprise that we have entered into any arrangement with our most important ally, the United States, and our most significant historical ally, the United Kingdom,” Mr Albanese told Sky News Australia.
“And what that’s about improving the national security for each of those three nation-states, but also recognising that by cooperating, by sharing technology, we can improve our collective security for our great democracies.”
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