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Amid China tensions, Australia set to host Quad meeting of foreign ministers
- The two-day meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’s foreign ministers comes after Washington warned of China being ‘more assertive and aggressive’
- Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne did not specify a date for the meeting, but said she looked forward to welcoming her counterparts in the coming weeks
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to Australia in February to meet counterparts from Japan, India and Australia to discuss Indo-Pacific coordination, the Australian government said on Monday.
The two-day meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers comes amid the Biden administration’s concerns about China, even as tensions with Russia over Ukraine ratchet up in Europe.
Last week, Blinken said the US-China relationship was becoming increasingly adversarial, as he criticised the Chinese government for being “more assertive and aggressive” than in previous decades.
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China has previously denounced the Quad as a Cold War construct and a clique “targeting other countries”.
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Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne did not specify a date for the meeting, but said in a statement she looked forward to welcoming the Quad foreign ministers to Australia in coming weeks.
“We are a vital network of liberal democracies cooperating to give our region strategic choices, with a focus on practical steps to build the resilience and sovereignty of all states,” Payne said.
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