{"id":293421,"date":"2025-07-26T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/293421\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:50:15","slug":"australia-uk-sign-nuclear-submarine-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/293421\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia, UK sign nuclear submarine deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australia on Saturday announced that it has signed a long-term treaty with the UK to strengthen collaboration under the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, signed by Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and UK Defense Secretary John Healey in Geelong, Victoria, sets the framework for 50 years of cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This afternoon I met with the UK Secretary of State for Defence @JohnHealey_MP to sign The Geelong Treaty &#8211; a historic agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom that will enable us to collaborate closely to deliver AUKUS over the next fifty years,&#8221; Marles said on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our close friendship with the United Kingdom is crucial for maintaining security and stability in our region and globally,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement includes &#8220;comprehensive cooperation&#8221; on designing, building, operating, sustaining, and disposing of the SSN-AUKUS submarines, as well as developing personnel, infrastructure, and systems required for the program.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in September 2021, the US, the UK, and Australia had signed the AUKUS pact, under which Canberra would receive nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump initiated a review of the A$368 billion ($247 billion) AUKUS pact in June to assess whether it aligns with his \u201cAmerica First\u201d policy priorities.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Friday, the UK and Australia agreed to sign a fresh bilateral pact during a meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of both countries, held in the eastern Australian city of Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANKARA Australia on Saturday announced that it has signed a long-term treaty with the UK to strengthen collaboration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[5340,63723,186,748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-293421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","10":"tag-aukus","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-northern-ireland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114919861565858103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}