Sec. 202. United States commitment and support for allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States benefits greatly from its ties to allies and partners, without which the United States would be less secure and less prosperous; any fissures in the United States alliance relationships and partnerships only benefit United States adversaries; the Governments of the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and Thailand are important allies in tackling global challenges and have pledged significant support for efforts of shared interest; strengthening and deepening partnerships with the nations of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as with the region’s emerging ASEAN-centered architecture, is essential to further our shared interests; the United States should make concrete efforts to cultivate and deepen ties with allies and partners through new and ongoing dialogue and exchanges with counterparts; and the United States will work with allies to prioritize promoting human rights and labor rights throughout the region.
It shall be the policy of the United States— to deepen multilateral diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation between and among the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia, including through diplomatic engagement, regional development, energy security, scientific and health partnerships, educational and cultural exchanges, missile defense, intelligence-sharing, space, cyber, and other diplomatic and defense-related initiatives; to uphold our multilateral and bilateral treaty obligations, including— defending Japan, including all areas under the administration of Japan, under article V of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America and Japan; defending the Republic of Korea under article III of the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; defending the Philippines under article IV of the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; defending Thailand under the 1954 Manila Pact and the Thanat-Rusk communique of 1962; and defending Australia under article IV of the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty; to strengthen and deepen our bilateral and regional partnerships, including with ASEAN and New Zealand; to cooperate with Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia to promote human rights bilaterally and through regional and multilateral fora and pacts; and to strengthen and advance diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation with regional partners, such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and India.