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World > Asia & Oceania
Quad 'disturbed' by South China Sea situation
By Agence France-Presse
Jul 30, 2024 12:34 am

TOKYO — Foreign ministers of the United States, Japan, Australia and India on Monday aired 'serious concern' over the situation in the South China Sea in a veiled censure of Beijing.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad group issued a joint communiqué calling for a 'free and open' Pacific after talks in Tokyo.

Power huddle US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. AFP Photo

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