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UK's Starmer talks defence cooperation with Australia's re-elected Albanese
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UK's Starmer and Australia's Albanese agree to enhance defence cooperation, focusing on the AUKUS submarine programme, and discuss shared support for Ukraine.
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's election win in a phone call and the two agreed to bolster defence and security cooperation, Starmer's office said on Sunday.
"Discussing defence and security, including our shared support for Ukraine, the leaders also agreed to increase ambition on our joint submarine programme, AUKUS," Starmer's Downing Steet office said in a readout of their call.
Starmer has said he will ask London's special representative to the AUKUS defence project, Stephen Lovegrove, to travel to Australia in the coming weeks to discuss the programme further, the statement added.
(Reporting by Muvija M; editing by Mark Heinrich)
The main topic is the defence cooperation between the UK and Australia, focusing on the AUKUS submarine programme.
AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK, and the US, focusing on military and defence cooperation.
The leaders involved are UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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