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Recommendation 29
29
Deferred
Paragraph: 93
Explore opportunities to develop people-to-people and defence links with Indo-Pacific Commonwealth countries.
Recommendation
The Government should explore and exploit opportunities for further developing of people-to-people and defence/security links with Commonwealth countries in the Indo-Pacific region, based on historical ties and shared values.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees but responds by detailing its commitment to investing in civil servants' skills to better understand China, which is unrelated to developing people-to-people and defence/security links with Commonwealth countries.
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Paragraph Reference:
93
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
97. The Government partially agrees with these recommendations. AUKUS is one of the most strategically important capability collaborations in decades, which will strengthen Indo-Pacific and global security. We recognise interest from partners in collaborating on AUKUS advanced capability work streams (Pillar II of the partnership, referenced as ‘Strand B’ in the Committee’s report). In the AUKUS Leaders’ Statement of April 2022, trilateral partners committed to engaging with allies and close partners as Pillar II lines Government response 21 of effort mature. The success of Pillar II relies on establishing the successful trilateral development of advanced technologies and industrial eco-system to rapidly deliver capability. The three partner nations are focussed on delivering this dual track effort first and foremost.
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