Marco Rubio to welcome Asian Quad counterparts back to Washington
US secretary of state will host foreign ministers from Australia, India and Japan on Tuesday in a refocus on Asia, State Department said
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will welcome counterparts from the “Quad” to Washington on Tuesday, in an at least brief refocus on Asia, the State Department said.
The summit had been seen as a sign that the new administration would prioritise engagement with like-minded countries to counter China.
“The secretary’s first diplomatic engagement was with the Quad, and next week’s summit builds on that momentum to advance a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said, using the US phrasing against Chinese domination of Asia.
“This is what American leadership looks like – strength, peace and prosperity,” Pigott told reporters.