Russian media: Australian senator submitted a petition calling on Australia to withdraw from AUKUS.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Australian Federal Parliament Green Party Senator Jordan Steele-John submitted a petition signed by 26,000 people to Australian Parliament on the 29th local time, demanding that Australia withdraw from the US-UKUS "trilateral security partnership" (AUKUS) and stop the "integration" between Australia and the United States.
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According to reports, John said, "With the support of more than 26,000 people, we have taken a big step to show parliament that we will not help the United States to destabilize our region, and will not let our submarine fleet nuclear weapons be equipped."
A submarine from the US Navy returns to the base of Hawaii Source: US " Wall Street Journal "
It is reported that the Green Party occupies 12 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate, making it the third largest political force in Australian politics. John also said that Australia is at a "important decision-making point" in terms of how to "interact with our neighbors". John said issues such as “an unprecedented climate crisis” and “expanding wealth inequality” require global cooperation. "The AUKUS agreement ruins all this because we cannot negotiate with one hand and hold a gun in the other."
reported that John admitted that submitting a petition would not prevent the Australian government from developing the nuclear submarine under the AUKUS agreement. "I hope I can tell you that the submission of this petition will also be its end, and the government will see support for a more peaceful and independent foreign policy and the right route. Unfortunately, the reality is that they may not do so."
On September 15 last year, the leaders of the United States, Britain and Australia announced the high-profile decision of the three countries to form a "trilateral security partnership" (AUKUS). As the alliance's pioneer cooperation demonstration project, the United States and Britain will provide Australia with nuclear submarine technology to help them form a nuclear submarine fleet. On September 15 this year, the Council of the International Atomic Energy Agency specifically discussed the issue of cooperation between the United States, Britain and Australia under the separate formal issues promoted by China and approved by member states at four consensuses. Ambassador Wang Qun, a permanent representative of the United Nations to Vienna, listed the "seven major issues" of cooperation between the three countries' nuclear submarines and made a solemn statement: "If the three countries are allowed to 'pretend' to declare the cooperation between the three countries' nuclear submarines to the institution, kidnap the secretariat and make it a "Trojan horse" that "whitewashs" the three countries' nuclear proliferation activities and exempts the cooperation between the three countries' nuclear submarines, it will seriously damage the common interests of the international community, including the secretariat of the organization and all member states."
Some US media also published an article saying that AUKUS cooperation exposed Washington's double standards, that is, allowing Australia to obtain nuclear-powered submarines, but took a tough stance on the Iran's nuclear program. "The United States, Britain and Australia insist on carrying out nuclear submarine cooperation, and repeatedly turned a deaf ear to the international community's condemnation. What hurts not only the credibility of the country, but also the precious trust and unity between countries." France's "European Times" commented on the 15th of this month.
Source: Global Network/Qiao Bingxin
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