Biden Praises ‘Unsurpassed Friendship’ With Australia, Marking 70th Anniversary of ANZUS

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room at the White House on Aug. 31, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S. President Joe Biden has praised the “unsurpassed friendship” between the United States and Australia, as both nations strive for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

The president’s video message, posted on the State Department’s Twitter account, marked the 70^th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty’s signing in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 1951.