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The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the US have committed to ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) and the East China Sea, and deepening engagement with regional partners to protect their ability to develop offshore resources.
Blinken meets Friday with foreign ministers from the Quad: the U.S., Australia, India and Japan.
The meeting comes as all four members diplomatically boycott the Beijing Olympics over human rights concerns.
The Quad is made up of India, Australia, Japan, and the United States.
Amid China growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, US President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida virtually on Friday (Janua