Australia Won't Have Any Nuclear Weapons, Says India's Foreign Secretary
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Australia, the UK and the US grouping (AUKUS) is not relevant to Quad and will have no impact on Quad functioning, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
The Quad and Australia, the UK and the US (AUKUS) are not similar groupings and Australia would not have any nuclear weapons through its fresh grouping with the US and UK, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said today.
Mr Shringla said that Quad is designed to cater to the requirements of the Indo-Pacific while AUKUS is a security alliance between three countries.
"AUKUS is not relevant to Quad and will have no impact on Quad functioning," he added.
Mr Shringla also stressed that Australia has clarified that they are working on a nuclear-propelled submarine. "But it would not have any nuclear weapons, as such will not be in contravention with any of Australia's international commitments with regard to the issue of nuclear proliferation," he clarified.
