US national security adviser refuses to back Australia’s handling of Aukus submarines deal

Jake Sullivan says there's no point in revisiting how we got to where we are'

A top adviser to Joe Biden has refused to say whether the US is comfortable with the way the Australian government handled talks with France ahead of the unveiling of the new Aukus submarines deal.

Jake Sullivan, the US president's national security adviser, said there was no point dwelling on the challenges" surrounding the announcement of the new security partnership between the US, the UK and Australia, saying that will be interesting for the historians to do at some point".