AUKUS Pact No Threat To Indo-Pacific Stability: US Envoy
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Malaysia's concerns are similar, while neighbour the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, is behind it.
A defence pact between Australia, the United States and Britain is no threat to Indo-Pacific stability and is not aimed at any one country, a U.S. envoy said on Wednesday, amid concern in a region where China's influence is on the rise.
Indonesia is worried that the pact, known as AUKUS, under which Australia will obtain nuclear submarine technology from the United States, would worsen an "arms race and power projection" in the region.
Malaysia's concerns are similar, while neighbour the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, is behind it.
"This will reinforce our ongoing cooperation with key countries like Indonesia to make sure that we have a free and open Indo-Pacific that respects the rule of law," U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, Sung Kim, told a virtual forum.
