Comments by the state-run ACNC news agency recalls that the U.S. recently forced Canberra to purchase Aukus-type submarines for hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to secure its hegemony in the region.

It points out that such actions disregard the international nuclear non-proliferation system under pretext of security and only succeed in threatening peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.

The text points out that if the sale of these submarines to Australia becomes a reality, new nuclear storm clouds will gather in the region, especially due to the participation of Japan and South Korea in these warmongering programs.

Could regional states stand idly by in the face of reckless US maneuvers, he asks rhetorically.

Signed in 2021 by Washington, London and Canberra in response to China’s growing influence in the region, the Aukus includes Australia’s acquisition and development of submarines.

It also covers the so-called Second Pillar, consisting of the exchange of new technologies and cooperation between the allied countries’ armed forces.

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