US, Australia Announce $65 Million Submarine Cable in the Pacific

U.S. President Joe Biden said the alliance between Australia and the United States is an anchor to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific

U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands in the Oval Office before a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The United States and Australia will partner in a major submarine cable project in the Pacific amid a growing presence by the Beijing regime in the region.

President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the two nations would work with Google on a $65 million (AU$103 million) project connecting multiple Pacific Island nations to the internet.