东厅美东夏令时间下午5时01分
 [莫里森总理讲话]
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 [约翰逊首相讲话]
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拜登总统：谢谢你，鲍里斯。我也感谢那位对跖地的伙伴。非常感谢你，朋友。领谢，总理先生。
我今天荣幸地与两个美国最亲密的盟国——澳大利亚和英国——开启我们国家之间的一个新的三边安全合作阶段。
正像莫里森总理和约翰逊首相所说，在我们共同开始这项战略使命之际，我要为这一伙伴合作感谢你们，你们的远见。
虽然澳大利亚、英国和美国合作关系——AUKUS（澳英美）——这是一个听起来奇怪的首字母缩写，但这个缩写好，AUKUS——我们三国将更新和增进我们应对21世纪威胁的共同能力，就像我们在20世纪所做的一样：共同合力。
我们三国和我们英勇的作战部队已经名副其实肩并肩在一起100多年：在一战的战壕中，在二战的海岛上，在朝鲜半岛的严冬里，在波斯湾的酷暑下。美国、澳大利亚和英国长期以来一直是忠诚和得力的伙伴，今天我们更加紧密。
今天，我们再次迈出历史性的一步，将我们三国的合作深化和形式正规化，因为我们都认识到必须确保印太地区的长期和平与稳定。
我们要能够既对应该地区当前的战略环境，也对应它可能发生的演变。这是因为我们每个国家的——而且确实是世界的——未来，有赖于一个自由和开放的印太地区在今后——今后几十年里持久与繁荣。
这样做是为了对我们最伟大的力量源泉——我们的盟国——进行投资，让他们得到更新，以便更好地迎接今天和明天的威胁。
它是为了要以新的方式将美国与现有盟国和伙伴连接起来，扩大我们的协作能力，因为我们认识到，不存在将我们大西洋伙伴和太平洋伙伴的利益隔开的地区分界。
的确，这项努力反映出一个更广泛的趋势，即主要欧洲国家在印太地区发挥极其重要的作用。
法国尤其如此，它已经在印太地区有重要存在，并且是一个在这个地区增进安全与繁荣的重要伙伴和盟国。
美国期待着在前进中与法国和其他重要国家密切合作。
最后，这项行动计划是为了确保我们每一个国家都具备针对迅速变化的威胁进行调遣和防卫的现代化能力——我们所需的最现代化能力。
AUKUS三国将汇集我们的海员、我们的科学家以及我们的产业界来保持并扩展我们在军事能力和关键性技术方面的前沿地位，例如在网络、人工智能、量子技术和水下域方面。
你们知道，作为AUKUS的一个关键项目，我们正在同澳大利亚为其海军获得常规武装的、核动力潜艇启动谘商——常规武装的。
我想就此极其明确地阐明：我们所说的并非核武器潜艇。这些是常规武装的以核反应堆为动力的潜艇。这一技术已被证实。它是安全的。而且美国和英国运作核动力潜艇已有几十年了。
我已要求奥斯汀部长（Secretary Austin）和国防部（Department of Defense）为美国政府主导这一努力，并同能源部（Department of Energy）和国务院（Department of State）密切协作。
我们的政府现在将启动为期18个月的谘商期，以确定这个项目的每一个元素——从人力，到培训要求，到生产时间表，到安全保障和不扩散措施，以及核监管与安全——以确保全面遵守我们每个国家对《不扩散核武器条约》（Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty）的承诺。
我们都将以一种体现在全球不扩散以及严格的核查标准方面的长期领导作用的方式来进行这一努力，并同国际原子能机构（International Atomic Energy Agency）进行伙伴合作及磋商。
因此，我要感谢总理——莫里森总理和约翰逊首相的友谊，但最重要的是，在我们迈入这个安全合作的新阶段之际，他们的领导作用及伙伴合作。
而且，美国还将继续同东盟（ASEAN）和四方伙伴（Quad）合作，正如我们之前阐明的；还有我们在印太地区的5个条约盟国及其他亲密的合作伙伴；以及在欧洲和全世界的盟国及合作伙伴，以维护一个自由和开放的印太地区，并为该地区的全体人民建设一个拥有和平及机遇的未来。
我们将共同合力。伙伴关系将日益强大。这就是我们的宗旨。
我要感谢你们大家。我期待很快就能当面见到你们二位，我希望如此。
谢谢你们。谢谢你们。
 讲话结束（东部夏令时下午5时12分）

East Room
5:01 P.M. EDT
PRIME MINISTER MORRISON:  Well, good morning from Australia.  I’m very pleased to join two great friends of freedom and of Australia: Prime Minister Johnson and President Biden.
Today, we join our nations in a next-generation partnership built on a strong foundation of proven trust.
We have always seen the world through a similar lens.  We have always believed in a world that favors freedom; that respects human dignity, the rule of law, the independence of sovereign states, and the peaceful fellowship of nations.
 
And while we’ve always looked to each other to do what we believe is right, we have never left at — each other.  Always together.  Never alone.
Our world is becoming more complex, especially here in our region, the Indo-Pacific.  This affects us all.  The future of the Indo-Pacific will impact all our futures.
To meet these challenges, to help deliver the security and stability our region needs, we must now take our partnership to a new level — a partnership that seeks to engage, not to exclude; to contribute, not take; and to enable and empower, not to control or coerce.
And so, friends, AUKUS is born — a new enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  AUKUS: a partnership where our technology, our scientists, our industry, our defense forces are all working together to deliver a safer and more secure region that ultimately benefits all.
AUKUS will also enhance our contribution to our growing network of partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region: ANZUS; our ASEAN friends; our bilateral strategic partners, the Quad; Five Eyes countries; and, of course, our dear Pacific family.
The first major initiative of AUKUS will be to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia.  Over the next 18 months, we will work together to seek to determine the best way forward to achieve this.  This will include an intense examination of what we need to do to exercise our nuclear stewardship responsibilities here in Australia.
We intend to build these submarines in Adelaide, Australia, in close cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States.
But let me be clear: Australia is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons or establish a civil nuclear capability.  And we will continue to meet all our nuclear non-proliferation obligations.
Australia has a long history of defense cooperation with the United States and the United Kingdom.  For more than a century, we have stood together for the course of peace and freedom, motivated by the beliefs we share, sustained by the bonds of friendship we have forged, enabled by the sacrifice of those who have gone before us, and inspired by our shared hope for those who will follow us.
And so, today, friends, we recommit ourselves to this cause and a new AUKUS vision.
PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  I’m delighted to join President Biden and Prime Minister Morrison to announce that the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States are creating a new trilateral defense partnership, known as AUKUS, with the aim of working hand in glove to preserve security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. 
We’re opening a new chapter in our friendship, and the first task of this partnership will be to help Australia acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, emphasizing, of course, that the submarines in question will be powered by nuclear reactors, not armed with nuclear weapons.  And our work will be fully in line with our non-proliferation obligations.  
This will be one of the most complex and technically demanding projects in the world, lasting for decades and requiring the most advanced technology.  It will draw on the expertise that the UK has acquired over generations, dating back to the launch of the Royal Navy’s first nuclear submarine over 60 years ago; and together, with the other opportunities from AUKUS, creating hundreds of highly skilled jobs across the United Kingdom, including in Scotland, the north of England, and the Midlands, taking forward this government’s driving purpose of leveling up across the whole country. 
We will have a new opportunity to reinforce Britain’s place at the leading edge of science and technology, strengthening our national expertise.  And perhaps most significantly, the UK, Australia, and the U.S. will be joined even more closely together, reflecting the measure of trust between us, the depth of our friendship, and the enduring strength of our shared values of freedom and democracy. 
Only a handful of countries possess nuclear-powered submarines, and it is a momentous decision for any nation to acquire this formidable capability and, perhaps, equally momentous, for any other state to come to its aid.  But Australia is one of our oldest friends, a kindred nation and a fellow democracy, and a natural partner in this enterprise. 
Now, the UK will embark on this project alongside our allies, making the world safer and generating jobs across our United Kingdom. 
Thank you.  Over to you, Mr. President. 
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you, Boris.  And I want to thank that fellow down under.  Thank you very much, pal.  Appreciate it, Mr. Prime Minister. 
I’m honored today to be joined by two of America’s closest allies — Australia and the United Kingdom — to launch a new phase of the trilateral security cooperation among our countries. 
As Prime Minister Morrison and Prime Minister Johnson said, I want to thank you for this partnership, your vision as we embark together on this strategic mission. 
Although Australia, the UK, and U.S. partnership — AUKUS — it sounds strange with all these acronyms, but it’s a good one, AUKUS — our nations will update and enhance our shared ability to take on the threats of the 21st century just as we did in the 20th century: together. 
Our nations and our brave fighting forces have stood shoulder-to-shoulder for literally more than 100 years: through the trench fighting in World War I, the island hopping of World War II, during the frigid winters in Korea, and the scorching heat of the Persian Gulf.  The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have long been faithful and capable partners, and we’re even closer today. 
Today, we’re taking another historic step to deepen and formalize cooperation among all three of our nations because we all recognize the imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term. 
We need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve.  Because the future of each of our nations — and indeed the world — depends on a free and open Indo-Pacific enduring and flourishing in the decades ahead — ahead. 
This is about investing in our greatest source of strength — our alliances — and updating them to better meet the threats of today and tomorrow. 
It’s about connecting America’s existing allies and partners in new ways and amplifying our ability to collaborate, recognizing that there is no regional divide separating the interests of our Atlantic and Pacific partners. 
Indeed, this effort reflects a broader trend of key European countries playing an extremely important role in the Indo-Pacific.  
France, in particular, already has a substantial Indo-Pacific presence and is a key partner and ally in strengthening the security and prosperity of the region. 
The United States looks forward to working closely with France and other key countries as we go forward.  
And finally, this initiative is about making sure that each of us has a modern capability — the most modern capabilities we need — to maneuver and defend against rapidly evolving threats.   
AUKUS will bring together our sailors, our scientists, and our industries to maintain and expand our edge in military capabilities and critical technologies, such as cyber, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and undersea domains. 
You know, as a key project under AUKUS, we are launching consultations with Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines for its navy — conventionally armed.
 
I want to be exceedingly clear about this:  We’re not talking about nuclear-armed submarines.  These are conventionally armed submarines that are powered by nuclear reactors.  This technology is proven.  It’s safe.  And the United States and the UK have been operating nuclear-powered submarines for decades. 
I have asked Secretary Austin and the Department of Defense to lead this effort for the U.S. government in close collaboration with the Department of Energy and Department of State. 
Our governments will now launch an 18-month consultation period to determine every element of this program — from workforce, to training requirements, to production timelines, to safeguards and nonproliferation measures, and to nuclear stewardship and safety — to ensure full compliance with each of our nation’s commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
We’ll all undertake this effort in a way that reflects the longstanding leadership in global nonproliferation and rigorous verification standards, in partnership and consultation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. 
So, I want to thank the Prime Minister — Prime Minister Morrison and Prime Minister Johnson for their friendship, but mostly important for their leadership and partnership as we undertake this new phase of our security cooperation. 
And the United States will also continue to work with ASEAN and the Quad, as was stated earlier; our five treaty allies and other close partners in the Indo-Pacific; as well as allies and partners in Europe and around the world to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific, and build a future of peace, opportunity for all the people of the region.  
We’re joining together.  Partnerships are getting stronger.  This is what we’re about.  
I want to thank you all.  And I look forward to seeing both of you in person very soon, I hope. 
Thank you.  Thank you.
5:12 P.M. EDT