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The March Quad summit was carefully choreographed to counter China s growing influence and US President Biden and his fellow leaders pledged to work to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific in the face of challenges from Beijing
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Enhanced U.N. and multilateral cooperation also on agenda.
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Enhanced U.N. and multilateral cooperation also on agenda.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his American counterpart Antony Blinken will discuss COVID-19 relief, multilateralism and the Quad during the Minister’s visit to Washington this week, according to the U.S. State Department. Mr. Jaishankar is on a visit to New York and Washington DC, from May 24 to 27.
“The Secretary [Mr. Blinken] looks forward to meeting Minister Jaishankar during his visit and to discussing a broad range of issues, including COVID-19 relief, efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific cooperation through the Quad, enhanced U.N. and multilateral cooperation, and a range of other shared regional security and economic priorities,” a statement from a State Department spokesperson said on Mon
The US is working with allies and partners to strengthen its hand against China and the recent Quad summit was probably the most important illustration in practical terms of exactly what it was trying to achieve, a Biden administration official has said on the eve of a crucial meeting with top Chinese foreign policy officials. The relations between the US and China are at an all-time low. The two countries are currently engaged in a bitter confrontation over various issues, including trade, the communist giant s aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea and human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang region.
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday the virtual summit he held last week with the leaders of India, Japan and Australia went very well.
Biden and the other leaders pledged on Friday at the first summit of a group known as the Quad to work to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific region and to cooperate on maritime, cyber and economic security, issues vital to the four democracies in the face of challenges from China.