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Australia confident AUKUS security pact will proceed despite US review

The Virginia-class USS North Dakota (SSN 784) submarine during trials in the Atlantic Ocean in 2013 [File: Handout/US Navy via Reuters]

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said he is “very confident” that the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom will continue to move forward despite news that the Pentagon is reviewing the 2021 deal between the three nations.

News of the review was first reported on Thursday as US defence officials said re-assessing the pact was necessary to ensure that the military deal, agreed to with much fanfare under former US President Joe Biden, was in line with US President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

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