News 18: Pompeo Meets 'Quad' Partners India, Australia & Japan Today to Seek United Front Against China
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold talks on Tuesday with counterparts from Australia, India and Japan in Tokyo, seeking to present a united front against China.
Pompeo's trip comes despite the coronavirus crisis gripping Washington, which has seen President Donald Trump and a raft of his closest staff and advisors test positive for Covid-19.
Given the crisis, Pompeo opted to scrap two additional stops, in South Korea and Mongolia, that were originally part of his Asia trip.
But the meeting of the so-called Quad remains on his agenda, with Pompeo telling reporters before he departed the US that it was a "something we've been working on for a long time to put together."
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More News On The ?"Quad" Meeting In Tokyo
U.S., Australia, India, Japan ministers meet to discuss China’s growing power -- Global News/AP Pompeo Seeks to Show United Front on China -- Bloomberg
Quad is built on wobbly foundations -- Asia Times
What Tokyo ministerial holds for the future of Quad -- Asia Times
Why is the Quad meeting such a big deal? -- India Today
What you need to know about the “Quad,” in charts -- Brookings
