Biden admin views Quad as having essential momentum, potential: Official

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The Biden administration views Quad — an informal grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US — as having “essential momentum and important potential”, a senior official has said.

The Quad is aimed at ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific, a region that witnessed increasing Chinese military assertiveness in recent years.

We view the Quad as having essential momentum and important potential. So we’ll build on it by deepening cooperation on areas of traditional focus, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Monday, days after the maiden Quad ministerial meeting under the Biden administration was held last week.

It’s an example of the United States and some of our closest partners pulling together for the good of a free and open Indo-Pacific, he said.