The United States is not seeking conflict in the Indo-Pacific, nor is it seeking to contain China, said Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific command, during a lecture in Singapore
The current friction in the Indo Pacific is alarming and ‘trending in the wrong direction’, but the U.S. presence was not an effort to contain or invite conflict with China, a senior U.S. admiral said on Thursday.
Xinghui KokSINGAPORE, March 16 (Reuters) – The current friction in the Indo Pacific is alarming and “trending in the wrong direction”, but the U.S. presence was not an effort to contain or invite conflict with China, a senior U.S. admiral said on Thursday.
Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said an “AUKUS”partnership between Australia, Britain and the United Statesto provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines was to boost its defence capability.”As good partners, United States and the United Kingdom will go ahead and assist in the ability for Australia to defend themselves,” he said after giving a lecture in Singapore, answering a question from the audience.
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