Obama, Gillard agreed on increased military presence in Australia

Obama, Gillard agreed on increased military presence in Australia

United States President, Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard have agreed upon an agreement to increase U.S. military presence in Australia.

Obama revealed the idea of enlarging the number of troops present in Asia-Pacific region to have a closer and instant access to the area.

The U.S. authorities claim that the unstable power conditions are causing the rise of tension in the region affecting American economy.

During his visit to Australia, starting from Wednesday, he proposed to divert its focus on the South China Sea. The priority is to secure the shipping trade route that benefits America, worth 5 Trillion Dollar per year.

While addressing to the media during the meeting with Gillard at Canberra he expressed future plans. He aims to strengthen up relations with a strong ally in the east.

Obama said, "With my visit to the region, I am making it clear that the United States is stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific region,” he added “It is appropriate for us to make sure…that the security architecture for the region is updated
for the 21st century and this initiative is going to allow us to do that."

The agreement includes that there will be no active U.S. base in Australia. The already present 2500 marines will continue the operations from tropical city, Darwin.

The aircraft facility will also operate from the facility, which lies about 820 kilometres from Indonesia. In Obama’s aspect it will allow the forces to quickly respond to the any kind of violence or security issue in the Southeast region.

The activity planned by U.S. is causing Chine to worry of being surrounded by American bases. The U.S. already has active bases in Japan, South Korea and now an increased operating marine in Australia.

In counter response Obama denies China’s claim, he said, "The notion that we fear China is mistaken. The notion that we are looking to exclude China is mistaken. We welcome a rising, peaceful China,” Obama says that China is not excluded from the Trans-Pacific
Partnership on trade.

Along his strategy towards the region he asked China to participate in the global economic crises as a strong economic country.

"It’s important for them to play by the rules of the road and, in fact, help underwrite the rules that have allowed so much remarkable economic progress," he said.

The proceedings of the U.S. plan might create further stress in the region over the power dispute. It will also cost Australia to lose popularity in the region, opposing American sovereignty.

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Posted by Samer Ahmed on Nov 16 2011. Filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry