The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are preparing a meeting in New York next month, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday, against a backdrop of China’s growing military and economic influence in the Indus region. -Peaceful.
Ministers from the quadrilateral group, known as the Quad, will meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s annual general debate session, which begins on September 19, to reaffirm their cooperation on security and other issues, according to the sources.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar are expected to attend their first meeting since the They met in March in New Delhi.
The participants are expected to publish a final document after discussing topics such as economic security and climate change, the sources said.
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The four Indo-Pacific democracies have intensified their collaboration in various areas in recent years, expressing their opposition to “any unilateral action that seeks to change the status quo” in the face of Beijing’s assertive behavior in the region.
The participants are expected to publish a final document after discussing topics such as economic security and climate change, the sources said.
Russia’s war against Ukraine will be another of the issues to be discussed, and the ministers will demand a peaceful solution in accordance with the UN Charter that prohibits the use of force against territorial integrity, according to the sources.
India, a member of the BRICS forum, which also includes Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa, has maintained a friendly relationship with Moscow even after launching its invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
Hayashi is likely to seek his counterparts’ support for Japan’s dumping of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear complex into the sea, the sources said.
The water spill from the Fukushima power plant, crippled by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in 2011, had drawn strong opposition from China even before it began last Thursday. Shortly after the spill began, Beijing imposed a sweeping import ban on Japanese seafood.
The International Atomic Energy Agency concluded in a report last month that the water release plan met global safety standards and would have “negligible” radiological impact on people and the environment.
Source: https://reporteasia.com/region/china/2023/08/31/altos-cargos-diplomaticos-japon-estados-unidos-australia-conversaciones/
