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HEADLINE: ‘Quad’ leaders move to create ‘free and secure’ Indo-Pacific at summit
TEASER: ‘The Quad is here to stay,’ Biden says, hosting leaders of Australia, India and Japan to discuss shared concerns and hopes
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PUBLISHED: 9/22/2024 at
BYLINE: Anita Powell
CONTRIBUTORS: Paris Huang, Kim Lewis, Celia Mendoza
DATELINE: Wilmington, Delaware
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP, AFP
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SCRIPT EDITORS: Tom Turco, Jepsen, Mia Bush
VIDEO SOURCE (S): Wires, Zoom
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[[President Joe Biden on Saturday hosted the leaders of Australia, India and Japan for his final convening of the so-called Quad, a strategic security grouping focused on the Indo-Pacific. The quartet announced moves they say will boost cooperation between the four democracies and address citizens’ concerns in the massive region – while also emphasizing this is not a club aimed at containing China. VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington.]]
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The Quad is back together, as President Joe Biden on Saturday welcomed the other three members of the quartet to his private residence to discuss their shared vision for the Indo-Pacific region.
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From Biden’s home in the tiny, bucolic American state of Delaware,
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the leaders of Australia, India and Japan announced moves on some of the
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big issues facing the massive region, which holds more than half of the world’s population and two-thirds of its economy.
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Biden touted the major steps, including one that aims to strengthen maritime security as well as affect China’s maritime activities.
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((US President Joe Biden))
“We're announcing a series of initiatives to deliver real, positive impact for the Indo-Pacific that includes providing new maritime technologies to our regional partners, so they know what's happening in their waters, launching cooperation between coast guards for the first time, and expanding the Quad fellowship to include students from Southeast Asia.”
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Australia’s leader said it matters that the four “like-minded countries,” all democracies, work together.
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((Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese))
“We assert the view that national sovereignty is important, that security and stability is something that we strive for, as well as shared prosperity in our region.”
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Biden sees this grouping as important to his legacy, analysts say.
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((Kathryn Paik, Center for Strategic and International Studies))((courtesy: Zoom))
“It was a central piece to the Indo-Pacific strategy, and elevating the Quad to the leader level has been a significant piece of that strategy. Just the fact that the quad has met annually at the leader level every year of Biden's administration is quite significant.”
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And analysts say these four powerful leaders also will use this opportunity to privately discuss shared concerns about China’s growing ambitions.
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((Rafiq Dossani, RAND Research Corporation))((courtesy: zoom))
“The question is as the competition or the rivalry between China and the U.S. evolves, how will that at that time affect the deliberations. Or, you know, as the Chinese economy recovers and they become more assertive, then you'll see a different context for the dialogue.”
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And that is one message that each leader emphasized as these four met for the last time: Leaders may come and go, but the Quad is here to stay.
((Anita Powell, VOA News, in Washington, with Celia Mendoza, VOA News, Wilmington, Delaware))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Subtitles / Dubbing AvailableNo
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Embargo DateSeptember 22, 2024 11:30 EDT
BylineAnita Powell
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English, US Agency for Global Media
