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View all search resultsIn message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan Prime Ministers
It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake of the disarray of Donald Trump's administration.
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US President Joe Biden (center) speaks, flanked by the nominees to positions as 4-star Combatant Commanders General Jacqueline Van Ovost (2nd left) and Lieutenant General Laura Richardson (2nd right), Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during International Women's Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 8, 2021. (Agence France Presse/Mandel Ngan)
U
S President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China.
It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake of the disarray of Donald Trump's administration.
"That President Biden has made this one of his earliest multilateral engagements speaks to the importance that we place on close cooperation with our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday.
The meeting of the so-called "Quad" comes amid rising tensions with China, which is seen as flexing its muscle both in trade and security realms.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Biden was "taking this to another level."
"It will be an historic moment in our region and it sends a strong message to the region about our support for a sovereign, independent Indo-Pacific," Morrison told reporters.
Both Psaki and India, which earlier announced the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that the talks would take up climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic -- two key priorities for Biden.
