Wong Says Australia and US Recognise Importance of AUKUS Amid Concerns Over Review

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Australia’s foreign minister has met the US secretary of state during the recent QUAD meeting.

Wong Says Australia and US Recognise Importance of AUKUS Amid Concerns Over Review

An undated visualisation of what an SSN-AUKUS submarine might look like at sea, issued on March 13, 2023. BAE

Rex Widerstrom

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Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has emerged from her meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington with some degree of reassurance about the future of the AUKUS submarine project.

Australia has already made payments totalling $800 million ($526 million) toward the approximately $350 billion ($230 billion) project, which would provide the country with nuclear-powered attack submarines.

Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.

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