ບັນດາເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ສະຫະລັດ ແລະຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານກ່າວວ່າ ສະຫະລັດກຳລັງຊັກຊວນ ເອົາ
ພັນທະມິດ ໃນເຂດ Oceania ເຂົ້າມາຮັບມືກັບໄພຂົ່ມຂູ່ ທີ່ເພີ່ມທະວີຂຶ້ນ ຈາກເກົາ
ຫລີເໜືອ ແລະຕໍ່ຕ້ານກັບອິດທິພົນທີ່ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຂອງຈີນຢູ່ໃນຂົງເຂດເອເຊຍປາຊິຟິກ.
ລັດຖະມົນຕີຕ່າງປະເທດສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານ Rex Tillerson ແລະລັດຖະມົນຕີປ້ອງ
ກັນປະເທດ ທ່ານ James Mattis ຈະເດີນທາງໄປອອສເຕຣເລຍ ເພື່ອເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ
ກອງປະຊຸມປຶກສາຫາລື ລະດັບລັດຖະມົນຕີປະຈຳປີ ທີ່ຈະມີຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 5 ມິຖຸນາ
ຈະມາເຖິງນີ້ ທີ່ແນໃສ່ເພື່ອລົງເລິກການຮ່ວມມື ‘ສອງຝ່າຍ ບັນຫາໃນຂົງເຂດ ແລະ
ບັນຫາຂອງໂລກ.”
ນັກການທູດອາເມຣິກັນຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ກໍຈະເດີນທາງໄປປະທດ New Zealand ໃນວັນ
ທີ 6 ມິຖຸນາ ເພື່ອ “ຢືນຢັນຄືນເຖິງຄວາມສຳພັນອັນໜັກແໜ້ນ ແລະການຮ່ວມມືປະ
ສານງານ ກ່ຽວກັບຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃນການຮັກສາສັນຕິພາບຮ່ວມກັນ” ກັບປະເທດດັ່ງ
ກ່າວ ອີງຕາມຄຳຖະແຫຼງຂອງກະຊວງຕ່າງປະເທດ.
ຮອງລັດຖະມົນຕີຊ່ວຍວ່າການກະຊວງຕ່າງປະເທດ ທ່ານ Matt Matthews ກ່າວຕໍ່
ວີໂອເອ ລະຫວ່າງລາຍງານທາງໂທລະສັບ ໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ວ່າ “ພວກເຮົາຈະ
ຊອກຫາຊ່ອງທາງຕ່າງໆ ທີ່ພວກເຮົາສາມາດຮັບມືຢ່າງມີປະສິດທິຜົນຫລາຍຂຶ້ນ
ກັບການທ້າທາຍທີ່ເກົາຫລີເໜືອກຳລັງເຮັດ ແລະຊອກຫາຊ່ອງທາງທີ່ໄດ້ຜົນຫຼາຍຂຶ້ນ
ເພື່ອເພີ່ມຄວາມກົດດັນຕໍ່ພວກເຂົາ ໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາກັບຄືນມາສູ່ເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ສ້າງສັນ ໃນ
ການເປັນເຂດປອດນິວເຄລຍ.
ທ່ານ Matthews ກ່າວວ່າ ກອງປະຊຸມປຶກສາຫາລື ລະບັບລັດຖະມົນຕີຫລື AUSMIN ລະຫວ່າງ ອອສເຕຣເລຍ ແລະສະຫະລັດ ແມ່ນເປັນກອງປະຊຸມຫລັກ ໃນການປຶກສາ
ຫາລືລະຫວ່າງສອງລັດຖະບານ ນັບແຕ່ປີ 1985 ເປັນຕົ້ນ ມາ ເພື່ອຈະແກ້ໄຂ “ບັນຫາ
ທ້າທາຍທີ່ສຳຄັນ.”
The United States is enlisting its Oceania allies to tackle growing threats from North Korea and counter increasing Chinese influence in the Asia-Pacific region, U.S. officials and experts say.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis are departing for Australia for annual ministerial consultations on June 5, aimed at deepening cooperation on "bilateral, regional and global" issues.
The top American diplomatwill then travel to New Zealand June 6 to "reaffirm strong ties and cooperative coordination on shared peaceful interests" with that country, according to the State Department.
"We'll be looking at ways in which we can more effectively counter the provocations that the North Koreans are making and find more effective ways of increasing pressure on them to get them back onto a constructive path of denuclearization," State Department Deputy Assistance Secretary Matt Matthews told VOA during a telephone briefing Thursday.
Matthews says the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) meeting has been the principal forum for consultations between the two governments since 1985 in order to address "critical challenges."
Next week's talks come amid North Korea's increasingly frequentmissile tests and most recently, a short-range ballistic missile launch that Pyongyang called a success on Monday.
Regional experts told VOA that while the ministerial consultations with Australia and New Zealand are conducted regularly, President Donald Trump's administration is sending a clear message that Washington will "continue the alliance relationship."
The U.S. also is looking for assurance from both governments to "continue promoting maritime security cooperation in the waters near Australia and extending into the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea," Center for Strategic and International Studies' Pacific Forum Program Director Carl Baker told VOA.
The State Department says Washington and Canberra share an interest in maintaining freedom of navigation and overflight and other lawful uses of the sea, including the South China Sea.
"Chinese military and economic expansion, as well as the North Korean nuclear threat, pose a challenge to American interests in the Asia-Pacific region and the world," nominee for U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa Scott Brown told American lawmakers in a written statement.
During his recent nomination hearing, Brown told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that "the expansionism of China" and "the belligerence of North Korea" are two important areas that he will focus on when working with New Zealand.
Brown's nomination was cleared by the committee on May 25 and now goes to the full Senate for a vote.
The U.S. and Australia regularly engage in a security dialogue with Japan to counter North Korea's nuclear proliferation.
The U.S.-Australia Force Posture Agreement, signed in 2014, paved the way for close defense and security cooperation, including the enhanced rotations of U.S. Air Force aircraft to Australia.
