"JAIAUKUS?": US Rules Out Adding India, Japan To New AUKUS Security Pact
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On September 15, Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister and UK PM Boris Johnson announced the trilateral security alliance AUKUS under which Australia will get a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
The United States has ruled out adding India or Japan to the recently created security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom in the Indo-Pacific.
On September 15, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the trilateral security alliance AUKUS under which Australia will get a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
"The announcement of AUKUS last week was not meant to be an indication, and I think this is the message the President also sent to (French President Emmanuel) Macron, that there is no one else who will be involved in security in the Indo-Pacific," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Wednesday.
France had criticised its exclusion from the alliance, saying it reflects a lack of coherence when common challenges are being faced in the Indo-Pacific region.
