Beijing: Leaders of America, India, Australia, and Japan will hold talks at the first quad conference on Friday, and meanwhile China on Wednesday hoped that the four countries would be Will do things that are beneficial for regional peace and stability, not ‘counterproductive’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will participate in the digital conference.
This is the first conference of top leaders of this quadrilateral alliance. This group is often depicted in China’s official media against China’s progress. When asked about the first conference of Quad leaders, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a media briefing here that China feels that any regional cooperation framework should follow the principle of peaceful development and beneficial cooperation that Is the trend of the present time.
He said, “We hope that the countries concerned will keep in mind that the principles of openness, inclusion and beneficial cooperation are upheld in the common interests of regional countries and that things should be done instead of being contradictory to regional peace, stability, And beneficial for prosperity. “
Four Quad member countries have pledged to maintain a rules-based international system in the Indo-Pacific region. The Quad Foreign Ministers held a digital meeting on 18 February last, in which they had committed to maintain a rules-based international system.
The emerging situation in the Indo-Pacific region has become a major issue among major global powers in the wake of China increasing its military power. To curb China, the US is in favor of making the Quad a security framework. Foreign ministers of the Quad member countries met in Tokyo on October 6, 2020 and reiterated their collective vision for an independent, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
