Quad leaders meet in Biden’s hometown amid growing China competition
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Joe Biden says alliance between US, Australia, India and Japan is ‘here to stay’, pledges to deepen partnership.
The leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States are meeting in US President Joe Biden’s hometown as the countries push to strengthen their Quad alliance amid growing competition with China.
Biden welcomed his counterparts to Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday for the group’s annual summit, where he previewed steps to deepen the alliance, including the launch of a new cooperation framework between the four countries’ coastguards.
“While challenges will come, the world will change … the Quad is here to stay,” Biden said.
The Quad, formally known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, was initially launched in 2007 but it quickly dissolved amid protests from China.
The alliance was revived in 2017, and when Biden took office in 2021, he pushed to elevate it as the US sought to curb China’s influence in the Asia Pacific.
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