Beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival alliances
China has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi.
Beijing said on Tuesday that any collaborative effort should contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity.
“We also do not support the formation of exclusive cliques or bloc confrontation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing. “No cooperation should undermine mutual trust and cooperation among regional countries.”
Beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi.
The meeting, chaired by India’s S. Jaishankar, was attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
Addressing the press alongside FM @SenatorWong of Australia, FM Toshimitsu Motegi of Japan and @SecRubio of USA after Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Jaishankar said the bloc’s focus will be on the Indo-Pacific, “which is the specific remit of the Quad,” Mint reported.
At the meeting, the Quad countries agreed to jointly build a port in the Pacific island nation of Fiji and signed pacts covering critical minerals and energy security.
They said the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative was aimed at “collaborating to secure and diversify critical minerals supply chains.”
“As four leading maritime nations in the Indo-Pacific, we are united in our conviction that peace and stability in the maritime domain underpin the security and prosperity of the region,” the countries said in a statement.
“We strongly oppose any destabilizing or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo, including by force or coercion, which escalate tensions and undermine regional peace and stability” in the Indo-Pacific, the statement added.
The Quad grouping originated as a Japanese diplomatic initiative nearly 15 years ago but gained prominence with support from former US President Joseph Biden. However, current US President Donald Trump’s tariff wars have injected uncertainty into the group’s direction.
The Quad nations were expected to hold a summit in India last year, but that did not materialize. India was particularly hit hard by Trump’s punitive trade tariffs.
The Quad joint statement did not set a specific date for its next meeting. “We look forward to the next Quad Leaders’ Summit hosted by India later this year and the next Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Australia in 2026,” it said.
The previous Quad summit was held in the US in September 2024.
15 thoughts on “China warns against ‘bloc confrontation’ as Quad group meets in India”
So the bottom line is beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi. Wonder how this will land.
Considering beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Considering beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The bigger issue here is on Tuesday that any collaborative effort should contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity. That changes the calculation.
In other words on Tuesday that any collaborative effort should contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity. Curious to see how this develops.
The fact that china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi really puts things into perspective.
When you look at china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi, the implications are hard to ignore.
Think about it: “We also do not support the formation of exclusive cliques or bloc confrontation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing. That speaks volumes.
If beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
In other words china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi. Curious to see how this develops.
So the bottom line is beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi. Wonder how this will land.
15 years — and that is probably just the official count.
Reading that beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival — hard to argue with the logic there.
Considering beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Considering beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The bigger issue here is on Tuesday that any collaborative effort should contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity. That changes the calculation.
In other words beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival. Curious to see how this develops.
In other words on Tuesday that any collaborative effort should contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity. Curious to see how this develops.
The fact that china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi really puts things into perspective.
When you look at china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi, the implications are hard to ignore.
The fact that beijing says the Australia‑India‑Japan‑US grouping should promote regional peace, not create rival really puts things into perspective.
Think about it: “We also do not support the formation of exclusive cliques or bloc confrontation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing. That speaks volumes.
Still waiting to hear what New Delhi actually plans to do about it.
If beijing’s response came as the foreign ministers from India, Australia, Japan, and the US met in New Delhi, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
In other words china has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi. Curious to see how this develops.