Mr. Biden: I want to be clear. I want to be very clear. The United States defense commitment to the Philippines is ironclad. The United States defense agreement with the Philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the Filipino aircraft vessels, or armed forces, will invoke our mutual defense treaty with the Philippines.

Prime Minister Albanese: Climate change and clean energy becomes a third pillar of our alliance, alongside our security cooperation…and our strong economic ties with the free trade agreement between our nations.

Prime Minister Albanese: The compact lays a foundation for our two nations to advance climate and clean energy action this decade, both at home and globally. Today we agreed new measures under the compact to support our energy transition, including the establishment of a Australia and US Clean Energy Industry Council…to advise government on clean energy industry development and cooperation.