Marco Rubio Prioritizes Quad on First Full Day as China Threat Looms
Rubio called China the "most potent, dangerous adversary" during his confirmation and is expected to work with India, Japan, and Australia to counter this.
Rubio hosts Quad meeting with Japan, India and Australia, directed against China
The meeting, bringing together representatives of the four largest militaries in the Indo-Pacific, was a clear signal that the Trump administration will intensify military preparations and threats directed at China.
Rubio kicks off Trump foreign policy engagements in meetings with Indo-Pacific ‘Quad’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan as the Trump administration kicks off its formal foreign policy engagements in discussions with the Indo-Pacific “Quad.
Secretary of State Rubio on Day 1 meets with Quad countries focused on countering China’s influence
On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.
Rubio’s first order of business: Meeting Quad’s foreign secretaries
Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hitting the ground running Tuesday with meetings with his counterparts in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, which includes India,
With China in focus, Rubio hosts Quad meetings on first day as US secretary of state
A meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is Rubio’s first as US President Donald Trump’s top diplomat.
Quad foreign ministers meet US top diplomat Marco Rubio in signal of Trump’s China focus
Analysts said meeting is designed to signal that countering Beijing is a top priority for Mr Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Rubio kicks off Trump foreign policy engagements in meetings with Indo-Pacific 'Quad'
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Tuesday with ... opportunities before individual meetings that Rubio hosted afterward. The Quad was established in 2007 to bring together ...
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Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met foreign minister counterparts from America’s closest allies in the Indo-Pacific - the so-called “Quad” with Australia,