Three years ago, President Biden and our Australian and United Kingdom partners committed to AUKUS, an enhanced security partnership that promotes a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable. As this partnership has grown, it has strengthened the security of our allies in the region as well as our own security here at home. Over the past three years, our countries have made significant strides in supporting Australia’s acquisition of a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability. Australian sailors are now enrolled in U.S. and UK nuclear power training schools, Australian personnel are embedded in U.S. shipyards, and each of our countries have made significant investments to strengthen our respective defense industrial bases creating thousands of highly-skilled jobs. AUKUS partners recently implemented sweeping changes in each of our export control regimes opening up defense trade between our three countries. Through deep integration of our innovation communities, AUKUS partners are steadily developing and deploying advanced capabilities for our warfighters. These efforts will continue in the years to come as we collaborate and invest in this historic partnership.

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