Leaders of the "Quad" the United States, India, Australia and Japan met in Tokyo on Tuesday, cementing an alliance designed to counter China's push across the Asia-Pacific region.
world order as far as this war is concerned. what is clear is a couple of weeks ago, we heard from the u.s. president joe biden where he said that india s stand on russia is somewhat shifty. ever since you ve had a lot of top u.s. officials talking about india s stand in press conferences where they have acknowledged india s situation. they realize that russia and india share historic ties and india relies on russia for defense supplies. and also just recently about a day ago you had a top u.s. administration official come out and say to the press that we do understand that countries share different historic ties, and they have different views. and so somewhere down the line u.s. has accepted india s position, they are not happy with it, but this is something that will be discussed in detail during today s bilat. and let s take you to tokyo and blake essig. this is of course a quad meeting, something that we ve been talking about for days now.
Australia's Prime Minister Antony Albanese said on Tuesday "strong views" were expressed on Russia in a meeting of leaders of the Quad group of countries.
Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Tuesday as leaders of the Quad bloc met in Tokyo
Leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States warned Tuesday against attempts to "change the status quo by force" as concerns grow about whether China could invade self-ruled Taiwan.