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Indonesia’s defence minister has said his country understands the reasons behind the United States, Australia and Britain establishing the AUKUS security agreement, though at a forum at the weekend repeated concerns about an arms race in the region. The trilateral security pact, formulated in part to respond to a rising China, has sparked regional worries given it allows for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. When asked about AUKUS at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on Saturday (Nov 20), defence minister Prabowo Subianto said he understood why countries would move to secure their interests. “Officially our...
