The Albanese Government is developing a comprehensive AUKUS Submarine Workforce and Industry Strategy to support delivery of advanced conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarines to the Australian Defence Force.

The AUKUS submarine program will be the most transformative industrial endeavour in Australian history – exceeding in scale, complexity and economic significance the creation of an Australian automotive manufacturing sector and the construction of the Snowy Scheme in the post-war decades.

President Biden.

Prime Minister Sunak.

I am honoured to stand alongside you both – here, overlooking the Pacific Ocean - as leaders of true and trusted friends 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 prosperous future.

The AUKUS agreement we confirm here in San Diego represents the biggest single investment in Australia’s defence capability in our history.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JOESEPH BIDEN: It's an honour to be here to welcome Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Sunak. And it's my honour to welcome you both to the United States as we take the next critical step in advancing the Australia US 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 believed how much progress we'd be able to make together and how quickly we'd accomplish it.

Prime Minister Albanese will visit Fiji on 15 March to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Nadi.

Australia and Fiji are warm friends and natural partners, with a shared interest in preserving a peaceful, prosperous and resilient region for our Pacific family.

The Prime Ministers will meet at Blackrock Camp to discuss ways to strengthen Australia and Fiji’s Vuvale Partnership with a focus on economic recovery, climate resilience and regional security.

This will be the first meeting between the Prime Ministers.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, this brings to a conclusion an extraordinarily successful visit here, where we have strengthened the cultural, economic and defence ties with India. Australia and India have a great friendship. We have complementary economies. We can grow those economies together so much more in the future. The fact that I was accompanied here by more than 25 senior business leaders as well as 34 leaders of our clean energy industries, shows the opportunities which are there.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States from 11–14 March to meet with the President of the United States, Joseph R Biden, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, in San Diego.

The Prime Minister’s discussions with both leaders will focus on AUKUS, the importance of ensuring an open, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific, and of upholding an international order based on respect for international norms and rules, particularly amidst the global challenges posed by Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.

The Albanese Government welcomes the appointment of Tim Thomas as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Australia-India Relations.

The Centre, to open later this year, will work across government, industry, academia and the community to build greater understanding of the Australia-India relationship and support new opportunities for collaboration.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today agreed to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between Australia and India at the Annual Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.

The leaders announced their intention for the soonest possible conclusion of the ambitious Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), which will build on the landmark trade agreement signed last year. The CECA will be a transformational deal that will create new jobs and opportunities in both countries.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, thank you very much. I was very pleased to meet Prime Minister Modi again after our meetings at the G20 and the East Asia Summit last year. And I look forward very much to hosting Prime Minister Modi in Australia for the Quad Leaders’ Summit in May and then returning to India in September for the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The relationship with India is multifaceted.

Students, faculty, Australian alumni, distinguished guests.

Namaskar.

It is such an honour to be here at what is not just one of India’s most prestigious centres of higher education … but a place of world renown, and one that is publicly run and funded.

Professor Banerjee, Dr Saran and everyone at IIT-Delhi and the Observer Research Foundation — thank you so much for hosting this afternoon.

This is my third visit to India, but my first as Prime Minister. The first, I hope, of many.