Mr. Kevin Hamilton at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2022 / 11:40 a.m.

Director General, International Security Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

It's my understanding that there is no exclusivity with respect to those other areas of the AUKUS agreement that would exclude Canada or New Zealand or the other partners of Five Eyes. AUKUS creates essentially a commercial deal around the nuclear submarine procurement and then re-emphasizes the other aspects of co-operation in those areas that I mentioned earlier.

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