The European Union did not know about the establishment of a partnership in the field of defense and security between the United States, Great Britain and Australia Auukus. This was announced at a briefing. The official representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Union Peter became RIA Novosti.
The states included in the new Military Alliance refused to inform the European Union. It commented that the EU holds contacts with partners to learn the details.
previously it became known that US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison entered into a partnership agreement in the Defense and Security Auukus. The purpose of the new alliance is “to protect and defend common interests in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Australia plans to invest $ 8.47 billion in the construction and modernization of defense facilities, the construction of nuclear submarines and the modernization of the submarine and destroyers. Also, the state came out of the submarine agreement with the French Naval Group.