Canberra/London, July 26 -- Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) signed a 50-year commitment to the AUKUS defence treaty today, despite the United States' ongoing review of the pact.
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and UK Defence Secretary John Healey signed the bilateral Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Treaty (the Geelong Treaty) at their meeting in Geelong, Victoria.
"The Geelong Treaty is a historic agreement, the commitment for the next 50 years of UK-Australian bilateral defence cooperation under AUKUS Pillar I," Marles and Healey said in a joint statement.
The Geelong Treaty will enable comprehensive cooperation on the design, build, operation, sustainment, and...