WASHINGTON: Before the Quad Foreign Ministers’ talks, the US Secretary of State. Mike pompeo, on Sunday (local time) said he hopes to discuss further cooperation to promote their shared vision of a free and open Indian Pacific.
“I am preparing for my visit to Japan. I look forward to discussing further cooperation to advance our shared vision of a free and open # Indo-Pacific, made up of nations that are independent, strong and prosperous,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
Pompeo is on a three-day visit to Japan to attend the ministerial meeting of Quadruple members – United States, Japan, Australia and India.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also confirmed that EAM S Jaishankar He will participate in the ring chancellors’ meeting on October 6 during his visit to Japan.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during the regular press conference that the agenda will focus broadly on the post-Covid-19 international order, as well as the need to coordinate responses to challenges arising from the pandemic.
This grouping is seen as a response to China’s growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. It will be the first meeting of the Quad’s foreign ministers amid border tensions between India and China.
Last year a meeting of Quad leaders was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The Quad meeting is expected to focus on the strategic and security challenges in the region and the joint strategy is likely to be discussed.
The India-Pacific region is largely regarded as an area comprising the indian ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, including the South China Sea.
China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea and its efforts to move into the Indian Ocean are considered to have challenged the established rules-based system.
Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have counterclaims in the South China Sea.
Beijing’s growing assertiveness against the counterclaimers in the East and South Seas has resulted in an unprecedented settlement throughout the Indian Pacific.
According to the Nikkei Asian Review, several concerned nations are already deepening security ties with each other and with the United States to mitigate the threat.
In recent years, Japan has expressed growing concern regarding Beijing’s activities in the region, especially regarding the status of the disputed Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyudao Islands, and which Beijing claims are Chinese territory. .
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