The leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia will hold a video summit on Friday (March 12). This will be the first Time since President Biden took office to participate in a summit between the members of the “Quadrilateral Security Dialogue” mechanism.
The “Quadripartite Security Dialogue” mechanism, referred to as the Quadripartite Talks, has been called the “mini-NATO” of the Asia-Pacific region by the media. The four countries, which are pivotal in the Asia-Pacific region, have come together to address the threat from China.
Reuters reported on Thursday (March 11) that U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister John Morrison will seriously discuss how to counter China’s growing military and economic influence when they hold a video summit on Friday. The Nikkei News believes that rare earth metals, which are important for electric car production and weapons manufacturing, will also be an issue of concern at the meeting.
The United States and China are currently in a state of full-scale confrontation, ranging from technological and economic competition to the two countries’ display of military power in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. India and China have a long history of geopolitical conflict, with confrontation and conflict on the border reaching its highest point in decades in the past year.
Japan is locked in an uncontrollable tension with China over the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands). China’s recently passed law authorizing marine police forces to fire adds new uncertainty to this tension. Australia’s offense against China over the traceability of the New Crown virus has caused China to retaliate on all fronts, and relations between the two countries have hit a freezing point.
The quadripartite dialogue mechanism was first proposed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in August 2007 and involved former Indian Prime Minister Singh. However, the Indian side said in 2008 that it would not participate in any activities against China. Australia, for its part, also left this activity of the four countries.
However, during the ASEAN Summit in Manila in 2017, the leaders of the four countries decided to revive the Quadripartite Security Dialogue (QSD) mechanism and hold bimonthly consultations.
“The Quadripartite Security Dialogue is not a formal mechanism, let alone a military alliance like NATO. But in the face of the common threat of China, the four countries realize that if they join hands will have an important role in maintaining stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Many international experts believe that this mechanism is likely to develop and expand toward normalization. Sources say South Korea and Vietnam are also likely to participate.
At Friday’s four-nation summit, several leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including the security situation, economic cooperation, virus pandemics and the climate crisis.
Reuters sources said the meeting may make funding arrangements to support India’s expansion of new coronavirus vaccine production capacity.
U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken recently said he expects the summit to make some sort of decision on vaccines that will “guide our work in the days, weeks, even months ahead” to “ensure that we play a role as an international leader in making vaccines available to more people. ”
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