MOSCOW, Oct 13 - RIA Novosti. The creation of the AUKUS alliance poses a danger to the provisions on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, jeopardizes the security architecture in Asia, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.
"For the sake of implementing another White House adventure – I mean AUKUS – the entire security architecture in Asia is being put at risk, prerequisites are being created for undermining the authority of ASEAN and other regional associations, as well as challenges in the field of nuclear proliferation control," he said at the opening of the XVII Meeting of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the CIS member states.
Earlier, Australia entered into a partnership with the United Kingdom and the United States in the field of defense and security AUKUS and announced its withdrawal from the submarine agreement with the French company Naval Group, the volume of which was 56 billion euros. The agreement with France provided for the production of 12 Barracuda-class attack submarines. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called Australia's decision to break the agreement a "stab in the back."