加利福尼亚州圣迭戈
洛马角海军基地
2023年3月13日
 
太平洋夏令时下午1:44
 
拜登总统就AUKUS伙伴关系发表讲话
 
拜登总统：好的，请——如果您有座位，请入坐。
 
很荣幸能够在这里欢迎阿尔巴尼斯总理（Albanese）和苏纳克（Sunak）首相。我很荣幸地欢迎二位来到美国，因为我们正在迈出推进澳大利亚、美国、英国伙伴关系的下一个关键步骤——AUKUS。这是一个不寻常的名字，“AUKUS”，但它是一个强大的实体。
 
你们知道，当我们的国家在18个月前首次宣布AUKUS时，我完全不确定是否有人会相信——我们能够共同取得多大进展，以及我们能以多快的速度实现它。
 
我要感谢我们所有团队的成员，他们帮助我们来到了就在我们面前的这个关键时刻。非常感谢大家。
 
奥斯汀（Austin）部长；德尔·托罗（Del Toro）海军部长——（掌声）——谢谢您让我们来到您的基地；海军作战部长吉尔代（Gilday）海军上将——您在哪里，海军上将？您在这里。感谢您在洛马角海军基地（Point Loma Naval Base）接待我们。
 
我还要感谢两党AUKUS工作组的创始人乔·考特尼（Joe Courtney）众议员，以及今天在座的所有国会议员。感谢你们到场。
 
你们——（掌声）——是全美对这种伙伴关系的强有力的深入支持的明证。
 
澳大利亚和英国是美国最坚定、最有能力的两个盟友。我们的共同价值观和我们对更加和平与繁荣的未来的共同愿景将我们团结在大西洋和太平洋两岸。
 
一个多世纪以来，我们一直站在一起捍卫自由及加强民主，并为你们——并在我们所有国家中创造更大的机会。
 
我在被问到时总会说，美国是太平洋大国，因为我们在太平洋地区。我们是太平洋大国。几十年来，美国一直在维护印太地区（Indo-Pacific）的稳定，为整个地区的国家带来巨大惠益，从东盟（ASEAN）到太平洋岛民（Pacific Islanders）再到中华人民共和国。
 
事实上，我们在太平洋地区的领导力惠及整个世界。我们一直保持海上航道和空域畅通无阻，可供所有人航行。我们一直维护促进国际贸易的基本行路规则。而且我们的伙伴关系帮助确保了令人难以置信的增长和创新。
 
因此，今天，当我们站在历史的拐点，在这个加强威慑及促进稳定的艰苦工作将影响未来几十年的和平前景之时，美国在印太地区找不到更好的合作伙伴了，我们共同的未来大部分都将在这里被书写。
 
在建立这种新伙伴关系的过程中，我们再次展示了民主国家如何能够实现我们自己的安全和繁荣——不仅是为了我们，也是为了整个世界。
 
今天，我们宣布根据AUKUS开展的第一个项目的步骤：发展澳大利亚装备常规武器的核动力潜艇的能力。
 
我想阐明——我想从一开始就立刻向所有人阐明，以便在这个关键问题上不存在困惑或误解：这些潜艇是[核]动力——而不是装备核武器的潜艇。它们是有核动力的，而不是装备核武器的。
 
澳大利亚是一个自豪的无核武器国家，并承诺保持下去。这些舰船上不会有任何类型的核武器。
 
今天站在这里代表美国、澳大利亚和英国的我们每个人都坚定地致力于加强核不扩散制度。
 
我们与国际原子能机构(International Atomic Energy Agency)和总干事格罗西(Grossi)密切合作开展了这个项目。
 
澳大利亚不会生产这些潜艇所需的核燃料。我们与国际原子能机构一起为核查和透明度制定了最高标准，而且我们将履行我们每个国家的国际义务。
 
在过去18个月的合作中，我们制定了一种分阶段的方法，以确保澳大利亚水兵接受充分培训并准备好安全地操作这支舰队，以便他们能够以最快的速度交付这一关键的新能力——以尽可能最快的时间表。
 
我们每个国家都在相互做出具体承诺。我们正在通过大量投资来予以支持，以加强我们每个国家的工业基地，来建造和支持这些舰船。
 
顺便说一句，这种伙伴关系对于我们各国所有工人的优薪工作而言意义重大，其中包括很多工会工作。
并非每个人都拥有核动力潜艇是有原因的：核推进是一项高度复杂的技术，需要多年的培训才能掌握。
 
因此，我们立即开始。从今年起，澳大利亚人员将进入舰船以及基地学校和造船厂中的美国和英国团队。
 
我们也将开始增加在澳大利亚港口的停靠。事实上，就在我们说话时，“阿什维尔号”核动力潜艇（USS Asheville）正在对珀斯港进行访问，就在我们说话时。
 
在本十年后期，我们还将建立美国和英国核动力潜艇在澳大利亚的轮值存在，帮助澳大利亚发展它建设和维持舰队所需要的人员力量。
 
你们在我身后看到的舰艇之一是弗吉尼亚级核动力潜艇“密苏里号”（USS Missouri）。顶级潜艇是美国海军实力的先锋。
 
原谅我展示一点个人特权——就像他们在美国参议院所说，我曾在那里度过很长时间——这些潜艇在拜登夫妇心中占有特殊位置。我的妻子，吉尔·拜登博士，是弗吉尼亚级潜艇“特拉华号”（USS Delaware）的赞助人，她从不让我忘记这点。（笑声）
 
它们采用尖端推进技术，拥有无与伦比的隐形和机动能力。经国会支持批准后，美国将从2030年代初开始，向澳大利亚出售三艘弗吉尼亚级潜艇，如果需要，可能再增加两艘，从而比许多预测提前十年快速启动他们的水下能力。
 
但是，最终目的不仅是向澳大利亚出售潜艇，而是共同研新。我们称之为SSN-AUKUS。这种最先进的装备常规武器的核动力潜艇将结合美国潜艇-英国潜艇技术，并在设计中采用美国技术。
 
我要再次重申：SSN-AUKUS将不带核武器。
 
它将成为英国皇家海军和澳大利亚皇家海军的共同标准。它将符合澳大利亚的防御需要，同时将把我们的军人、科学家、工程师、造船人、产业劳动力、我们的国家更加紧密地联系在一起——比以往任何时候都更加紧密。
 
让我再次强调：核动力是经过考验和安全的。美国和英国已经使用了将近70年——拥有无瑕的纪录——无瑕的纪录。美国和英国合起来，我们所有的核动力潜艇已经游戈全球——绕整个地球，航程超过1.5亿英里。相当于前往月球300次。
 
我们可不知如何将这潜艇送往月球，但我们在——努力。（笑声）
 
而我必须承认，我们对海军核动力技术的管理是一种荣誉、骄傲和深厚的传统，弗兰克·考德威尔上将（Admiral Frank Caldwell）现在是它的掌舵人，他今天在座。上将，您在哪里？谢谢您。（掌声）
 
我们将从现在开始进行的多年训练，将确保澳大利亚做好继承这一传统的充分准备，使这些舰艇在整个寿命期符合可能的最高安全标准。
 
我们前所未有的三边合作，我认为，是对长期以来将我们团结在一起的强大纽带的证明，是对我们对确保维持印太地区的自由与开放、繁荣与安全、使机会面向所有人的共同承诺的证明——对建设一个基于我们共同价值观的未来的共同承诺。
 
这是美国不仅与英国和澳大利亚共有的目标。它也是我们在这一地区的朋友们的目标；是我们在东盟、在太平洋岛国论坛（Pacific Islands Forum）和在四方伙伴关系（Quad）的朋友们的目标；以及我们在印太地区和欧洲的其他条约和亲密伙伴的目标。
 
AUKUS的一个最首要目标是：在迅速变换的全球动态中增进印太地区的稳定。
 
这是第一个项目——这第一个项目仅仅是开始。未来这个地区还将有更多伙伴关系和更多潜力，更多和平与安全。
 
简言之，我们正在将自己置于最可能的强有力位置，以便共同驾驭今天和明天的挑战。共同驾驭。
 
我要再次感谢你们，阿尔巴尼斯总理，苏纳克首相。在我们努力为所有地方的人打造更安全、更和平未来的时候，你们是与我们站在一起的美国最好的朋友和伙伴。
 
我为与你们是同船水手而骄傲。谢谢各位。（掌声）
 
欲查看原稿内容: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/13/remarks-by-president-biden-prime-minister-albanese-of-australia-and-prime-minister-sunak-of-the-united-kingdom-on-the-aukus-partnership/
 
本译文仅供参考，只有英文原稿才可以被视为权威资料来源。

MARCH 13, 2023
Point Loma Naval BaseSan Diego, California
 
1:44 P.M. PDT
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, please — if you have a seat, please take it.
It’s an honor — honor to be here to welcome Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Sunak.  And it’s my honor to welcome you both to the United States as we take the next critical step in advancing the Australia, U.S., UK partnership — AUKUS.  It’s an unusual name, “AUKUS,” but it’s a powerful entity.
You know, when our countries first announced AUKUS 18 months ago, I’m not at all sure that anyone would have believed that — how much progress we’d be able to make together and how quickly we’d accomplish it.
And I want to thank the members of all our teams who helped bring us to this pivotal moment sitting here in front of us.  Thank you all very much.
Secretary Austin; Secretary of the Navy Del Toro — (applause) — thanks for letting us come to your house; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gilday — where are you, Admiral?  There you are.  And thank you for hosting us at Naval Base of Point Loma.
And I also want to thank Representative Joe Courtney, founder of the bipartisan AUKUS working group, and all the members of the Congress who are here today.  Thank you for being here.
You are — (applause) — a testament to the strong and — and deep support for this partnership across the United States.
Australia and the United Kingdom are two of America’s most stalwart and capable allies.  Our common values and our shared vision for a more peaceful and prosperous future unite us all across the Atlantic and Pacific.
For more than a century, we’ve stood together to defend freedom and strengthen democracy and to your — and to spur greater opportunity in all our countries.
I’ve always said, when asked, the United States is a Pacific power, because we’re on the Pacific Ocean.  We are a Pacific power.  The United States has safeguarded stability in the Indo-Pacific for decades to the enormous benefits of nations throughout the region, from ASEAN to Pacific Islanders to the People’s Republic of China.
In fact, our leadership in the Pacific has been a benefit to the entire world.  We’ve kept the sea lanes and skies open and navigable for all.  We’ve upheld basic rules of the road that fueled international commerce.  And our partnerships have helped underwrite incredible growth and innovation.
So, today, as we stand at the inflection point in history where the hard work of enhancing deterrence and promoting stability is going to affect the prospect of peace for decades to come, the United States can ask for no better partners in the Indo-Pacific, where so much of our shared future will be written.
In forging this new partnership, we’re showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity — and not just for us but for the entire world.
Today, we’re announcing the steps to carry out our first project under AUKUS: developing Australia’s conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine capacity.
And I want to be clear — I want to be clear to everyone from the outset, right off the bat, so there’s no confusion or misunderstanding on this critical point: These subs are powered — not nuclear-armed subs.  They’re nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed.
Australia is a proud non-nuclear weapons state and has committed to stay that way.  These boats will not have any nuclear weapons of any kind on them.
Each of us standing here today representing the United States, Australia, and Great Britain is deeply committed to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
We’ve undertaken this project working hand-in-glove with the International Atomic Energy Agency and with Director General Grossi.
Australia will not produce the nuclear fuel needed for these submarines.  We have set the highest standards with the IAEA for verification and transparency, and we will honor each of our countries’ international obligations.
Working together these past 18 months, we’ve developed a phased approach that’s going to make sure Australian sailors are fully trained and prepared to safely operate this fleet so they can deliver this critical new capacity on the fastest — fastest possible timetable.
Each of our nations is making concrete commitments to one another.  We’re backing it up with significant investments to strengthen the industrial bases in each of our countries in order to build and support these boats.
By the way, this partnership is going to mean an awful lot for good-paying jobs for all workers in our countries, including a lot of union jobs.
There’s a reason why not everyone has nuclear-powered submarines: Nuclear propulsion is highly complicated technology that requires years of training to master.
So we’re starting right away.  Beginning this year, Australian personnel will embed with U.S. and UK crews on boats and at bases in our schools and our shipyards.
We’ll also begin to increase our port visits to Australia.  In fact, as we speak, the nuclear-powered sub the USS Asheville is making a port call in Perth as we speak.
And later this decade, we will also be establishing a rotational presence of U.S. and UK nuclear-powered subs in Australia to help develop the work force Australia is going to need to build and maintain its fleet.
One of the vessels you see behind me is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Missouri.  Top-of-the-line submarines are the vanguard of U.S. naval power.
And excuse me for a point of personal privilege — as they say in the United States Senate, where I’ve spent a lot of time — these submarines hold a special place for the Bidens.  My wife, Dr. Jill Biden, is the sponsor of the USS Delaware, a Virginia-class submarine, and she never lets me forget it.  (Laughter.)
They feature cutting-edge propulsion technology, provide unmatched stealth and maneuverability.  And with the support and approval of Congress, beginning in the early 2030s, the United States will sell three Virginia-class submarines to Australia with the potential to sell up to two more if needed, jumpstarting their undersea capability a decade earlier than many predicted.
But the ultimate goal isn’t just selling subs to Australia, it’s developing something new together.  We’re calling it the SSN-AUKUS.  This new state-of-the-art conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine that will work — that will combine U.S. submarine — UK submarine technology and design with American technology.
And I want to reiterate again: The SSN-AUKUS will not have nuclear weapons.
It will become a future standard for both the UK Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.  It will meet Australia’s defense needs while bringing our militaries, our scientists, our engineers, our shipbuilders, our industrial workforce, our countries closer together — closer than ever.
Let me emphasize again: Nuclear propulsion is tested and safe.  The United States and the UK have used it for nearly 70 years from — with a spotless record — a spotless record.  Combined between the U.S. and UK, all of our nuclear-powered ships have traveled the entire globe — around the entire globe, more than 150 million miles.  That’s going to the moon 300 times.
Now, we can’t figure out how to get this sub to the moon, but we’re le- — working on it.  (Laughter.)
No, I’ve got to admit, our stewardship of naval nuclear propulsion technology is a point of honor, pride, and deep tradition currently helmed by Admiral Frank Caldwell, who is here today.  Where are you, Admiral?  Thank you.  (Applause.)
And the years of training we’re undertaking, starting now, will ensure that Australia is fully prepared to carry on this tradition and meet the highest possible standards of safety throughout the life of these boats.
Our unprecedented trilateral cooperation, I believe, is testament to the strength of the longstanding ties that unite us and to our shared commitment of ensuring the Indo-Pacific remains free and open, prosperous and secure, defined by opportunity for all — a shared commitment to create a future rooted in our common values.
That’s the objective the United States shares not only with the UK and Australia.  It’s shared by our friends in the region; by our friends in ASEAN, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the Quad; and our other treaty and close partners in the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
AUKUS has one overriding objective: to enhance stability in the Indo-Pacific amid rapidly shifting global dynamics.
And this first project — this first project is only the beginning.  More partnerships and more potential, more peace and security in the region lies ahead.
Simply stated, we’re putting ourselves in the strongest possible position to navigate the challenges of today and tomorrow together.  Together.
So, I thank you again, Prime Minister Albanese, Mi- — Prime Minister Sunak.  And the United States could not ask for two better friends or partners to stand with as we work to create a safer, more peaceful future for the people everywhere.
I’m proud to be your shipmates.  Thank you.  (Applause.)
PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE:  Well, President Biden, Prime Minister Sunak, I am so honored to stand alongside you both here overlooking the Pacific Ocean as leaders of true and trusted friends of my country of Australia.
Today, a new chapter in the relationship between our nation, the United States, and the United Kingdom begins — a friendship built on our shared values, our commitment to democracy, and our common vision for a peaceful and a prosperous future.
The AUKUS agreement we confirm here in San Diego represents the biggest single investment in Australia’s defense capability in all of our history, strengthening Australia’s national security and stability in our region; building a future made in Australia with record investments in skills, jobs, and infrastructure; and delivering a superior defense capability into the future.
My government is determined to invest in our defense capability.  But we’re also determined to promote security by investing in our relationships across our region.
From early in the next decade, Australia will take delivery of three U.S. Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines.  This is the first time in 65 years and only the second time in history that the United States has shared its nuclear propulsion technology.  And we thank you for it.
We are also proud to partner with the United Kingdom to construct the next generation submarine to be called SSN-AUKUS, a new conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine, based on a British design and incorporating cutting-edge Australian, UK, and U.S. technologies.  This will be an Australian sovereign capability, built by Australians, commanded by the Royal Australian Navy, and sustained by Australian workers in Australian shipyards with construction to begin this decade.
Australia’s proud record of leadership in the international nuclear non-proliferation regime will of course continue.  We will continue to adhere to all of our obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Treaty of Rarotonga.
Our agreement unlocks a set of transformative opportunities for jobs and skills and research and innovation in Adelaide and in Barrow-in-Furness, in Western Australia, and here in the United States.
Opportunities that will shape and strengthen and grow Australia’s economy for decades, and create around 20,000 direct jobs for Australians from many trades and specializations: engineers, scientists, technicians, submariners, administrators, and tradespeople.  Good jobs with good wages, working to ensure the stability and prosperity of our nations, our region, and, indeed, our world.
Our future security will be built and maintained not just by the courage and professionalism of our defense forces, but by the hard work and know-how of our scientists and engineers, our technicians and programmers, our electricians and welders.
For Australia, this whole-of-nation effort also presents a whole-of-nation opportunity.  We will work with the state governments of South Australia and Western Australia to develop training programs that equip Australians with the skills they need to fill these jobs.
Working together, our universities and research institutes will collaborate to train more Australians in nuclear engineering.  We’re already sharing skills and knowledge and expertise across our borders, lifting the capability and capacity of all three countries.
Already, today, Australians are upskilling on nuclear technology and stewardship alongside their British and American counterparts.
Already, today, there are Australian submariners undergoing nuclear power training in the United States.  And I’m proud to confirm, Mr. President, that they are all in the top 30 percent of their class.  (Laughter.)
Built by innovation and extraordinary and emerging technologies, these boats will present a unique opportunity for Australian companies to contribute not only to the construction and sustainment of Australia’s new submarines, but to supply chains in America and in Britain.
The scale, complexity, and economic significance of this investment is akin to the creation of the Australian automotive industry in the post-World War Two period.
And just as a vision of my predecessors, Curtin and Chifley, in creating our automotive industry lifted up our entire manufacturing sector, this investment will be a catalyst for innovation and research breakthroughs that will reverberate right throughout the Australian economy and across every state and territory, not just in one design element, not just in one field, but right across our advanced manufacturing and technology sectors, creating jobs and growing businesses right around Australia, inspiring and rewarding innovation, and educating young Australians today for the opportunities of tomorrow.
Our AUKUS partnership is not just about the U.S. and UK sharing their most advanced submarine capability with Australia, although we do appreciate that.  It’s also about building on the expertise within our three nations so that we can achieve things greater than the sum of our parts.
This is a genuine trilateral undertaking.  All three nations stand ready to contribute, and all three nations stand ready to benefit.  I look out from here today, and I see new frontiers in innovation to cross, new breakthroughs in technology to achieve, a new course for us to chart together.
Mr. President, Prime Minister, for more than a century, our brave citizens from our three countries have been part of a shared tradition of service in the cause of peace and sacrifice in the name of freedom.  We honor their memory today.  We always will.
While we respect and honor the past, through AUKUS, we turn ourselves to face the future.  Because what the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia hold in common is more fundamental and more universal than our shared histories.  We are bound, above all, by our belief in a world where the sovereignty of every nation is respected and the inherent dignity of every individual is upheld; where peace, stability, and security ensure greater prosperity and a greater measure of fairness for all; and where all countries are able to act in their sovereign interests, free from coercion.
Our historic AUKUS partnership speaks to our collective and ongoing determination to defend those values and secure that future today, in the years ahead, and for generations to come — a journey that will strengthen the bonds between our nations as friends, as peers, as leaders.
We embark with great confidence in the capacity and creativity of our people, with optimism in the power of what our partnership can achieve, and with an unwavering conviction that whatever the challenges ahead, the cause of peace and freedom that we share will prevail.
Thank you very much.  (Applause.)
PRIME MINISTER SUNAK:  Sixty years ago, here in San Diego, President Kennedy spoke of a higher purpose: the maintenance of freedom, peace, and security.  Today, we stand together united by that same purpose.  And recognizing that to fulfill it, we must forge new kinds of relationships to meet new kinds of challenge, just as we have always done.
In the last 18 months, the challenges we face have only grown.  Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, China’s growing assertiveness, the destabilizing behavior of Iran and North Korea all threaten to create a world defined by danger, disorder, and division.
Faced with this new reality, it is more important than ever that we strengthen the resilience of our own countries.  That’s why the UK is today announcing a significant uplift in our defense budget.  We’re providing an extra £5 billion over the next two years, immediately increasing our defense budget to around 2.25 percent of GDP.  This will allow us to replenish our war stocks and modernize our nuclear enterprise, delivering AUKUS and strengthening our deterrent.  And our highest priority is to continue providing military aid to Ukraine, because their security is our security.
And we will go further to strengthen our resilience.  For the first time, the United Kingdom will move away from our baseline commitment to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense to a new ambition of 2.5 percent, putting beyond doubt that the United Kingdom is and will remain one of the world’s leading defense powers.
But ultimately, the defense of our values depends, as it always has, on the quality of our relationships with others.  And those alliances will be strengthened through AUKUS, the most significant multilateral defense partnership in generations.
AUKUS matches our enduring commitment to freedom and democracy with the most advanced military, scientific, and technological capability.  Nowhere is that clearer than in the plans we’re unveiling today for the new AUKUS submarine, one of the most advanced nuclear-powered subs the world has ever known.
And those plans could not happen without cutting-edge American technology and expertise.  So I pay tribute to you, Mr.  President, for your leadership, and to you, Prime Minister, for your vision of what AUKUS can achieve.
And for our part, the UK comes to this with over 60 years’ experience of running our own fleet.  We’ll provide the world-leading design and build the first of these new boats, creating thousands of good, well-paid jobs in places like Barrow and Derby.  And we will share our knowledge and experience with Australian engineers so that they can build their own fleet.
Now, our partnership is significant because not just are we building the submarines together, they will also be truly interoperable.  The Royal Navy will operate the same submarines as the Australian Navy, and we will both share components and parts with the U.S. Navy.  Our submarine crews will train together, patrol together, and maintain their boats together.  They will communicate using the same terminology and the same equipment.
And through AUKUS, we will raise our standards of nuclear non-proliferation.  This is a powerful partnership.  For the first time ever, it will mean three fleets of submarines working together across both the Atlantic and Pacific, keeping our oceans free, open, and prosperous for decades to come.
Joe, Anthony, we represent three allies who have stood shoulder-to-shoulder together for more than a century, three peoples who have shed blood together in defense of our shared values, and three democracies that are coming together again to fulfill that higher purpose of maintaining freedom, peace, and security now and for generations to come.
Thank you.  (Applause.)
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  With the permission of my colleagues — I don’t know that our friends can hear — but, the USS Missouri, can you hear us?
AUDIENCE MEMBERS:  Hooyah, Mighty Mo’!
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  I see them all over there.  They’re standing at attention.  Can I tell them “At ease”?  I’m their Commander-in-Chief, right?  I mean, they’re — (laughter) —
Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.  You all are the best.  You’re the best.  And we’re going to be the best in the world, the three of us.
Thank you all very, very much.  (Applause.)
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