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MELBOURNE — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the Biden administration’s focus on the Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions as
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday arrived in Australia to meet Asia-Pacific allies concerned by China’s rise and signal Washington’s commitment to the region, despite its recent focus on Ukraine.
Blinken is to join two days of meetings of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), aiming to strengthen the partnership with India, Australia and Japan as a bulwark against Beijing’s growing economic and military might.
The top US diplomat admitted the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine has been “front and center” for the US government, even as he flew to Melbourne for the fourth Quad foreign minister meetings.
However, he insisted that Washington’s