Unidentified Speaker 1 opened the AUSMIN ministerial meeting in Washington and welcomed the Australian delegation, saying the gathering was intended to build on recent high‑level visits and “to work together on our shared priorities.”

The opening remarks focused on several pillars of the U.S.‑Australia relationship: security cooperation under AUKUS, coordination through the Quad with Japan and India, and a newly signed critical‑minerals framework intended to diversify supply chains. Unidentified Speaker 1 told attendees, “This is an incredibly strong alliance,” and said the partners would “continue to build on that momentum.”

An Australian participant (Unidentified Speaker 2) framed the relationship as indispensable to Indo‑Pacific stability, recalled AUSMIN’s establishment in 1985, and described the recent critical‑minerals agreement and AUKUS work as mutually beneficial. “AUKUS is central to that, a win for Australia, a win for The US, and a win for The United Kingdom,” Unidentified Speaker 2 said.

Defense and industrial cooperation were highlighted in subsequent remarks. Unidentified Speaker 3 outlined force posture initiatives and infrastructure upgrades in Queensland and the Northern Territory to allow additional U.S. bomber rotations, and noted logistics enhancements in Darwin to support rotational deployments, including MV‑22 Osprey operations. He described joint work on the defense industrial base — roadmaps for guided weapons and explosive ordnance and planning for co‑production and co‑sustainment of hypersonic and air‑to‑air missile capabilities.

Unidentified Speaker 3 also cited an Australian commitment of “an additional 1,000,000,000 to help expand US submarine production capacity.” The transcript does not specify the currency or funding mechanism for that amount.

Unidentified Speaker 4 marked the 40th anniversary of AUSMIN, said Australia is preparing for a submarine rotational force by 2027, and referenced recent visits by U.S. nuclear‑powered submarines and maintenance work on USS Vermont at HMAS Stirling (transcript spelled this name as 'HMAS Sterling'). He said the two countries are increasing cooperation across air, sea, ground, space and cyber domains and noted that nearly 900 Australian servicemembers are embedded with U.S. defense forces.

No formal votes or motions were recorded in the public remarks. The session’s public opening concluded with expressions of mutual appreciation and plans for continued consultations; further details and any formal outcomes were not specified in the remarks covered here.