Australia, the UK and the US on Monday signed the first agreement under the new tripartite security alliance AUKUS, providing for the exchange of information on naval nuclear power plants, TASS reported.

AFP reports that the document was signed in Canberra by Australian Defense Secretary Peter Dutton and the US and British Ambassadors.

The agreement with the United States and Great Britain on the exchange of information on nuclear power plants of the Navy will allow Australia to become a reliable and responsible partner of these countries in the use of the latest technologies, said the head of the Australian Defense Department.

On Friday, the agreement was approved by the head of the White House, Joe Biden. He stressed that its implementation "would not pose an unreasonable risk to the collective defense and security" of the three countries.

The creation of AUKUS was announced by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 September. The agreements they negotiated include plans for Australia to build at least eight conventional nuclear-powered submarines using American technology and to re-equip its armed forces with American cruise missiles.

Now nuclear submarines are not in service with Australia. Given the new pact, Canberra tore up the largest contract in its history with Paris for the supply of 12 submarines worth over 50 billion euros, declaring that it no longer meets the country's national interests.