Top diplomats from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, met in Atlanta on Saturday to finalise preparations for next month’s summit in the Philippines, just weeks before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers’ meeting, where they reaffirmed their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific”.
Without naming China, the joint statement, released by Japan’s ministry of foreign affairs, expressed grave concerns over “overcapacity” and vowed to build “reliable and open global supply chains and trusted and resilient infrastructure”.